'World records not enough': North Korea weightlifters target Olympic gold rush

'World records not enough': North Korea weightlifters target Olympic gold rush

The secretive nation has been the dominant force in global weightlifting since emerging from self-imposed Covid exile to smash six world records at the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023. They also won six golds. At the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan this week North Korea's strongwomen and men have taken four gold medals and two silvers from six events so far. They had also set seven world records by Friday night, less than halfway through the se…

‘World records not enough’: North Korea weightlifters target Olympic gold rush

Where other Asian Games nations are wearing brand-new kit for Nagoya, North Korea seem to be making do with the same team vests and tracksuits used for a decade or more. “WE ARE WORLD LEADERS” The latest fashion statement doesn’t matter to North Korea, but nutrition does, so athletes receive the best available diet. “Despite […]