North Korea has its first gold medal of Rio Olympics

The Los Angeles Times ^ | August 13, 2016 | The Associated Press

[Trump20162020]

North Korea has its first gold medal of the Rio Olympics after Rim Jong Sim won the women's 75-kilogram weightlifting class.

Rim was utterly dominant, lifting 117 kilograms in the snatch and 153 in the clean and jerk for a total of 274, way ahead of the 258 managed by Belarusian silver medalist Darya Naumava, or 257 for Spain's Lidia Valentin Perez.

[Trump20162020]

Kind of funny that the host country (Brazil) is now behind North Korea.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Now’s the time to defect

[JPJones]

“Rim Jong Sim won the women’s 75-kilogram weightlifting class.”

Drugs, forcibly fed to her.

[rickmichaels]

Clean. Jerk. Snatch. LOL!!!

[NonValueAdded]

Their table tennis player was very good. Hope she or her family doesn’t pay a price for not winning.

[dfwgator]

She’ll get an extra ration of rice when she returns home.

[Trump20162020]

North Korean weightlifter says Olympic gold will make 'beloved' Kim Jong-un happy

I wouldn't bet on it, unless she's lying.

[Husker24]

Congratulations she won’t be executed this time.

[Gay State Conservative]

Records kept by the East German government showed that heir female athletes were given male hormones.But of course North Korea would never do anything like that.

[ameribbean expat]

https://mobile.twitter.com/DPRK_News/status/764483225448218624

Womens weightlifting champion Rim Jong-Sim adds floral gift basket, personally selected by Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un, to olympic honours.
8:26 AM - 13 Aug 2016

(Spoof site)

[Yardstick]

Interesting tidbit from the article:

“”Rim was the gold medalist in the 69-kilogram class four years ago and had few serious rivals at 75 kilograms partly because the gold, silver and bronze medalists from that event in 2012 are all suspended after failing drug tests.””

BTW, I always wonder how seeing the outside world affects the NK athletes. Do they become security risks that are watched for the rest of their lives?

[SkyDancer]

Will get an extra kippered herring head in her meal.

[Doogle]

".....watching swiss vs Germany ladies beach volley ball.....I see...I see...cleavage..the Swiss brunette"

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Was the event longest time without a meal, or longest beating without dying?

[Puppage]

Did they win for Best Starving Athlete?

[BenLurkin]

Precision mortaring?

[FrdmLvr]

She must be the only one who eats.

[Drew68]

Now’s the time to defect

Her family back home would be executed.

[AZLiberty]

Five hundred NK peasants starved to death for that gold medal.

[tet68]

Rim was utterly dominant, lifting 117 kilograms in the snatch and 153 in the clean and jerk

Her snatch was awesome...