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North Korean athletes may be sent to coal mines for failing at Rio Olympics

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Is it not that participation is important in sports than winning medals?

It's a phrase echoed by the founder of the Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who said "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well."

North Korean athletes may be sent to coal mines for failing at Rio Olympics

According to the Korea Times, the North Korean leader had demanded the sports contingent to return with a minimum of five golds but they only won two.

If North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has his way, then the athletes who represented his country and failed to perform at this year’s Rio Olympics could be sent to coal mines as punishment.

According
to the Korea Times, the North Korean leader had demanded the sports contingent to return with a minimum of five golds and 12 other medals.

On July 28, Yun Yong-bok, a senior official of the delegation, told reporters at Rio: "We didn't come all the way here to win a meagre five gold medals."

North Korea sent 31 athletes to this year’s Olympics, winning two golds, three silvers and two bronzes, compared to four golds and two bronzes four years ago at London. Even though the overall medal tally was one more than last time, the gold medals were lesser and thus fell short of expectations.

"Those who won medals will be rewarded with better housing allocations, better rations, a car and maybe other gifts from the regime, but Kim is going to be angry and disappointed at these results," said Professor Toshimitsu Shigemura, an authority on the North Korean leadership.

Read more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/articl...be-sent-coal-mines-failing-rio-olympics-48849
 
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