November 5, 2024

London, July 30(ANI): North Korean Olympian Om Yun Chol joined an elite list of weightlifters to have lifted three times their weight during the men’s 56-kg, group B, clean and jerk weightlifting competition at the London Olympics, and he has credited his world-record feat to late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

“How can any man possibly lift 168kg? I believe the great Kim Jong Il looked over me,” CBS quoted Om, as saying.

via North Korean weightlifter credits Kim Jong Il for world-record feat of lifting thrice his weight – Yahoo! News India.

Smart guy. Were I going back to North Korea, I’d say the same thing. (I wouldn’t I’m not that smart, but I wasn’t raised in his horrific environment).