She’s Alive!!
May 1, 2008 by northernriver
For a long time I had wondered about what might have happened to 1991 world uneven bars champion Kim Gwang Suk (PRK), who had competed when she was like seven years old or something.
But she was recently part of the Olympic Torch relay. Yes, folks, she’s ALIVE!
It was her age-falsification that got the DPRK suspended, though it was a very lukewarm punishment and the PRK has continued being careless with their gymnasts’ birthdays. After Kim left the scene, North Korea was very tight-lipped about what happened to her.
As a toddler world champion in 1991:
Kim Gwang Suk, 1991 World Championships Uneven Bars event finals
how old was she when she won that, does anyone know or is it still a guessing game?
She was like 13 years old… she was born in 1978 so… she was not that young…
If she was 13 when she won in 91, that means she was 11 when I first saw her at Worlds in 89, holy Lord.
But… what *did* happen to her? I mean, where was she running in the relay (is that Pyongyang?), what is she doing now, etc.? I suppose probably no one knows the answers to those questions if that *is* Pyongyang, but I’d love to know.