North Korea's Bang Chol-mi is engaged in a fierce match with Morocco's Wydad Bertal in the quarterfinals of the women's 54kg boxing class held at the North Paris Arena in Paris, France on the morning of the 2nd (Korean time).
North Korean boxer Bang Chol-mi (30) has secured the North Korean team's third medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Bang Chol-mi won a 4-0 decision over Wydad Bertal (Morocco) in the quarterfinals of the women's 54kg class boxing match at the Paris Olympics held at the North Paris Arena in Paris, France on the morning of the 2nd (Korean time).
Four of the five judges declared Bang Chol-mi to have the upper hand, and only one judged it a draw at 28-28, ending the match with Bang Chol-mi's one-sided advantage.
Bang Chul-mi, who made her Olympic debut, has secured a medal by advancing to the semifinals. Since Olympic boxing awards bronze medals to two people without a 3rd-4th place match, Bang Chul-mi has secured at least a bronze medal with this win.
Bang Chul-mi, who won the 51kg class at the 2018 New Delhi World Championships, was unable to compete on the international stage for a while due to the North Korean government’s lockdown policy out of concern over the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Bang Chul-mi returned to the Hangzhou Asian Games last year and showed off her outstanding skills by winning the gold medal. She also comfortably advanced to the round of 16 and quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics, taking home a medal.
North Korea sent 16 athletes in 7 events and won a total of 3 medals. Earlier, the table tennis mixed doubles pair of Ri Jeong-sik and Kim Geum-yong won a silver medal, and Jo Jin-mi and Kim Mi-rae won a silver medal in the women's synchronized 10m platform diving. In boxing, Bang Chol-mi secured at least a bronze medal. Bang Chol-mi is aiming to become the first North Korean athlete to win a gold medal at the Paris Games. Bang Chol-mi's semifinal opponent is Chang Yuan (China), and it will be a rematch about a year after the Hangzhou Asian Games final. Bang Chol-mi won a 3-2 decision against Chang Yuan at the Asian Games. If Im Ae-ji, who is aiming for the first Olympic medal in Korean women's boxing history, and Bang Chol-mi advance to the final, a North-South match could happen. Im Ae-ji will face Yenie Marcela Arias Castaneda (Colombia) in the quarterfinals at 4:04 AM. Meanwhile, Bang Chul-mi left the joint press area with the North Korean boxing team coach after the match without saying a word. An official from the organizing committee of the competition said, “North Korean athletes do not respond to interviews with South Korean reporters.”
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