They had made good results in the previous people's games, too.

Wife Choe Yang Ok told KCNA:

"My husband Kim Yong Nam and I were active at the April 25 Sports Team as swimmers, before we got married.

After retirement from the team I have worked at a swimming pool of the Changgwang Health Complex and my husband graduated from Kim Il Sung University. He is now working at a media organ."

Kim Yong Nam said:

"Whenever I take part in the people's games, I feel grateful to our socialist society for the games that give pleasure and optimism to the people.

In the future, I will do my best to make a contribution to the prosperity of the country."