[Asian Games] North Korea Wins First Gold Medal at Hangzhou AG... Victory in Women's Running Target Team Shooting Event

Return After 5 Years Since the Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games

North Korea, returning to international multi-sport events for the first time in five years since 2018, won its first gold medal in the women's team shooting event at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.

North Korean athletes entering at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.
[Photo by Yonhap News]

On the 28th, at the Puyang Inhu Sports Center in Hangzhou, China, the North Korean team (Baek Ok-sim, Bang Myong-hyang, Ri Ji-ye) scored a total of 1655 points to take first place in the women's running target team event.

This gold medal is the first gold medal won by the North Korean team since participating in an international multi-sport event for the first time in five years, following the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games. North Korea did not participate in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021, citing prevention of COVID-19 entry, and was subsequently sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), barring them from international competitions until 2022.

Earlier, North Korea won a silver medal in the men's 10m running target team event. North Korea scored a total of 1668 points, the same as South Korea, but ranked second because their Inner Ten (10-point bullseye) count was 10 fewer than South Korea's.

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