‘Ignoring handshakes and refusing to take pictures together’… Between the cold North and South
The Korean men's running target team, consisting of Jeong Yu-jin (Cheongju City Hall), Ha Gwang-cheol (Busan City Hall), and Kwak Yong-bin (Chungnam Sports Council), won the gold medal with 1,668 points in the men's running target 10m team event on the 25th.
South Korea tied with North Korea with 1,668 points, but dramatically won the gold medal by taking a 39-29 lead with more than 10.5 hits, while the bronze medal went to Indonesia (1,667 points).
What attracted as much attention as South Korea's gold medal was the appearance of the North Korean athletes at the awards ceremony. At competitions, it is customary for all winners to take a group photo at the gold medal podium after each medal award ceremony, but North Korea's Park Myeong-won, Kwon Kwang-il and Yoo Song-jun refused to do so.
Reuters reported, “The South Korean player tapped the North Korean player on the shoulder and attempted to talk to him, but the North Korean player remained silent and did not even look to the left where the other player was standing.”
Previously, when receiving silver medals, North Korean athletes stood on the podium with sad expressions and sometimes even sighed. As the national anthem rang for South Korea's gold medal, one North Korean athlete appeared with tears in his eyes, and the other two athletes did not even look at the Taegeukgi.
A similar situation unfolded at the judo gym. 먹튀검증 This time, North Korea won against South Korea, but North and South Korea maintained a cold distance.
North Korea's Kim Cheol-gwang defeated Kang Heon-cheol (Korea Judo Association) with a short hair pull in the men's judo under-73kg round of 16. After swallowing his disappointment for a moment, Kang Heon-cheol approached Kim Cheol-gwang and extended his hand, shaking hands to express congratulations and respect for his opponent. It was.
Kim Cheol-gwang was close to Korea to the point where he participated in the mixed team event as a unified North and South Korean team at the 2018 International Judo Federation (IJF) World Championships, but on this day, Kim Cheol-gwang coldly turned away from Korea's congratulations.
Meanwhile, North Korea's Moon Seong-hee won the match between Han Hee-ju (Felux Judo Team) and Moon Seong-hee in the women's under-70kg round of 16 match held earlier, and the two shook hands after the match.