48 years ago Ri Ho Jun shed tears on the podium as the “Patriotic Anthem” resounded. He participated in the small-caliber carbine shooting at the XX Olympic Games held in August 1972 in Munich, Germany. He broke the world and Olympic record with the score of 599 whose maximum possible was 600. Back then, foreign […]
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“When I was leaving my native home, my mother asked me not to disappoint my villagers. I’ve never forgotten the request of my mother for 20 years, along with the gun report echoing the training hall,” said Pak Myong Won, a shooting player at the Defence Sports Club of the Korean People’s Army, after winning […]