According to the Xinhua News Agency and the CRI(China Radio International) English webpage as well as the webpage of the United States Soccer (Football) Federation, the ethnic Korean magazine in Japan called Choson Simbo interviewed the coach for North Korea’s Women Football (Soccer) Team Ri Kum Suk. In the interview, Ri Kum Suk has announced that North Korea «will win the gold medal» and create the a miracle for the «DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)(North Korea) women football «.

While Ri Kum Suk has talked about a victory using «great willpower, unbreakable fighting spirit and special technique», it remains to be seen how North Korea will fare against the teams from German, Brazil and the United States. While North Korea won the Asian Cup for women and has won all of their qualification games, USA is in first place with Germany being in second place. North Korea is in sixth place. The United States women football team won the Algarve Cup and the Peace Cup for 2008. In fact, the United States was heading towards victory until Abby Wambach broke her leg during a friendly game against Brazil in which the United States of America won another victory. What remains to be seen is how the women football games will play themselves out in the Olympics and if North Korea (the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] )will win the gold medal.

Xinhua News Agency and the CRI English website reported that the same magazine conducted an interview with Hong Un Jong (Gymnast for North Korea or its official name the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)and Cha Kwang Su (Wrestler for North Korea).

While the DPRK(North Korea) have two gymnasts participating in the Beijing Olympics for 2008, Hong Un Jong hopes to repeat the success that she had in the 3rd Asian Gymnastic Championships (2006) when she won the gold medal. She stated: «I want to compete with the master players of the world. If I could give full play to my talent, I would get a good result».

There are three wrestlers from DPRK of (North Korea) ] competing in the Beijing Olympics 2008 with Cha Kwang Su saying that he knows what the people expect, and that he will create a new period for North Korean wrestling. He further declared that he received his inspiration from the wrestlers of DPRK (North Korea ) in the 1980’s.

I will not predict the winner or the possibility of North Korea winning the gold medal. Sport experts who have made predictions have had the predictions thrown at their faces when the opposite occurs. I will be listening to CRI on my shortwave radio and or the internet to see how the Beijing Olympics of 2008 are progressing. As I stated when I was in China in June and July 2008, I wish all of the teams participating in the Beijing Olympics the best.