calendar>>June 12. 2015 Juche 104 |
Won Un Gyong, World Boxing Champion
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Pyongyang, June 12 (KCNA) -- Won Un Gyong of the DPRK bagged a gold medal at the 2015 world juvenile and youth women's boxing championship held some days ago. Won defeated her Turkish rival 3:0 in the finals of the juvenile 46kg category after beating back Russian rival by 2:1 in the semi-finals and overwhelming Mongolian and Swiss rivals by 3:0 in the preliminary and quarterfinals respectively. Kim Jong Chol, deputy secretary of the DPRK Boxing Association, said it was the first time for Won to take part in the international game. She war born into a worker's family and began boxing at her age of 10. She won gold medals at the national games of juvenile sports schools and junior championships held last year. |
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