The Burden of Being a North Korean Athlete
Tell me what will be your reaction if you win a gold medal at the Olympic, happy , on the ninth sky and on the top of the world ,yes all these answers are right . But this was not the reaction of North Korean athlete Ri Se-Gwang after he won a gold medal at Rio ,with winning a gold I think he has won one more title at Rio and it is the title saddest gold medallist at the Games.
And despite being only the third gymnast ever from his country to win gold, he appeared to be very sad and unhappy for the reason unknown .He defeated Russia’s Denis Albyazin to take the top spot, while Japan’s Kenzo Shirai took bronze.
And when he was asked about the victory he said ‘I was filled with joy because I thought I was able to bring a sense of victory to our leader.’ and on the other hand this is what the social media thinks of Ri Se-Gwang .
It is being reported that the North Korea have accompanied the athletes to Brazil, on the strict orders of the country’s government and they were not allowed to use the free phones as they can contact the outside world. It is said that Samsung is one of the official sponsors of the Rio Games and it handed out free Galaxy S7 handsets to all 11,200 participants to use at the opening ceremony in the Maracana Stadium but did not allowed its own athletes to use them .it does not end here the north korean athletes are not allowed to visit tourist attraction places and not to mix with other athletes.
This is not the first time the Korean athletes has hit the news due to their action the field, previously when North Korean gymnast Hong Un-Jong posed for a selfie with South Korean athlete Lee Eun-ju ,the picture went viral like a wild fire.
And the other incident of north and south Korean meeting came when Kim Song-guk of north Korea and Jin Jong Oh of south Korea shake hands after winning after winning the bronze and gold in 50m pistol event respectively.
It is believed that the relationship between the two countries are tense form 70 years and Kim Jong-un is said to be very strict leader. but well its hope for the best and hope things like this continue to happen and may be one day the two country comes together .
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