A year after a foreign competitor was awarded the victory, native son Pak Chol triumphed in the Pyongyang marathon on Sunday.
Park finished with a time of 2 hours, 12 minutes and 26 seconds, the Associated Press reported. Last year, the event – officially known as the Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon – saw a razor-thin finish between Oleksandr Matviychuk of Ukraine and a North Korean runner in which the victory was, as a sporting gesture, awarded to the visiting athlete.
A year after a foreign competitor was awarded the victory, native son Pak Chol triumphed in the Pyongyang marathon on Sunday.
Park finished with a time of 2 hours, 12 minutes and 26 seconds, the Associated Press reported. Last year, the event – officially known as the Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon – saw a razor-thin finish between Oleksandr Matviychuk of Ukraine and a North Korean runner in which the victory was, as a sporting gesture, awarded to the visiting athlete.
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