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First Olympic Gold Medal for the DPRK.

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 […]