The closing ceremony of the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, concluded on Saturday, with North Korea’s athletes finishing a respectable seventh out of 37 nations on the medal board, with an overall tally of 36.

Although some distance from China (342), South Korea (234) and Japan (200) – which took the top three places – North Korean athletes represented their country well.

Their strongest performances were in Weightlifting, for which they received nine medals in total.

This included four gold medals, two in the men’s 56 and 62kg categories and two in the women’s 58 and 75kg categories.

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