2024-07-31 13:18:41
North Koreans Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong, silver medalists in doubles table tennis, and South Koreans Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-Bin, bronze medalists, appear together on the court, Tuesday July 30 in City Paris in the Olympics 2024. A cliché far from insignificant for these athletes from countries at war.
Published on: 07/31/2024 – 3:18.
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In the photo taken by South Korean Lim Jong-hoon, his teammate Shin Yu-bin is visible, but also the North Korean pair, the Olympic vice-champions, consisting of Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong, and China Wang. Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, gold medalists of the JO 2024.
The moment was captured by a Samsung smartphone, South Korean technology flagship. ” A selfie with the national flags of the two Koreas and a Samsung phone “, describes the popular South Korean daily JongAng Ilbo.
« The true spirit of the Olympic Games »
North Korea is not sending athletes to the Tokyo Games in 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This silver medal marked his return to an Olympic podium. ” I congratulated them when they were presented (on stage) as silver medalists. “, Lim Jong-hoon told the South Korean press after the ceremony.
South Korean television channels have been replaying the selfie on a loop and analyzes of this photo, immortalizing a rare moment of unity between the two Koreas, are pouring in. ” This is the true spirit of the Olympic Games », said a commentator. South Korea is still technically at war with the North, after a conflict between 1950 and 1953 that ended in an armistice instead of a peace treaty.
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