Weeks after the end of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games He is still collecting information. This has to do with one of the most iconic images that occurred during this edition, especially on the mixed table tennis podium, where the combined table tennis teams were uploaded. China, Korea north And South Koreathese last two political enemies. In this specific case, the two North Korean athletes are in the eye of the storm in their country and are exposed to possible sanctions for the gesture and the selfie with his rivals.
The image went around the world at the time, a little over a month since it was taken. The information comes from South Koreawhere it is explained that a North Korean high command confessed that the athletes and team members North Korean Olympic Committee were screened “ideologically.” Upon arrival in North Korea, they were reportedly subjected to an ideological screening, a common practice in that country when its citizens come into contact with other countries and ideologies.
It is about Ri Jong Sik And Kim Kum Yongthe two silver medallists in the mixed table tennis discipline. These ideological revisions could now lead to different sanctions and punishments for those athletes who pose with a friendly gesture and smile with their sporting rivals. South Korea, Lim Jong-hoon And Shin Yu-binbronze in Paris.
An image that was more than well received around the world as a gesture of fraternization between two rival countries, a further example of the importance of Games Olympic. A gesture that was not understood in this way. Korea of the North despite the fact that the Olympic champions, the Chinese couple, also appeared in the photo and selfie Wang Chuqin And Sun Yingsha.
“North Korean athletes and Olympic Committee members have undergone ideological revision since their return on August 15,” the South Korean newspaper said. NK dailya media outlet that claims to have been informed anonymously by a high official of the country, the same one who does not specify whether or not there will be sanctions from the authorities, or if they will “let him go with a warning.” The next few hours will mark the path from which they will take North Korea for his athletes after the selfie with the South Koreans and the Chinese.
Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong were two of the revelations of these Games Olympiccomplete unknowns to almost all of those who reached the final, where they had to settle for silver. The Chinese duo ended the dreams of some athletes, now under investigation, but of whom there was no reference before this tournament.
Representatives of Korea of the Northafter surpassing the teams of Japan, Suede And Hong Kongoffered a fierce resistance to the main favorites and the first seeds. Finally, they lost 4-2 in a match that lasted almost an hour, with partial scores of 11-6, 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 7-11 and 11-8. For their part, the South Koreans Jonghoon Lim And Yubin Tibia won the bronze medal by beating Chung Ting and Hoi Kem Doo 4-0, Hong Kong.
