Pyongyang, September 19 (KCNA) -- DPRK player Won Myong Gyong bagged a gold medal in the 50 kg category of the 2025 World Wrestling Championship.

She defeated a player competing under neutral status (Russia) and a Kazakhstan player at preliminaries, a Canadian player at quarterfinals and a Japanese player at semi-finals.

She beat her Chinese rival at the finals held on September 17 (local time) and took the first place.

Meanwhile, DPRK player Son Il Sim took the second place in the women's wrestling 57 kg category. -0-