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National Inter-provincial Games-2026 and 2026 Spring National Sports Festival Close in DPRK

Date: 25/04/2026 | Source: Naenara (En) | Read original version at source

The finals of the National Inter-provincial Games-2026 and a closing ceremony of the 2026 Spring National Sports Festival took place at Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang on April 23.

Present there were Pak Jong Gun, vice-premier of the Cabinet and chairman of the State Planning Commission who is vice-chairman of the National Sports Guidance Committee, Choe Chang Hak, first deputy department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, members of the National Sports Guidance Committee, officials concerned, sportspersons, participants in the inter-provincial games and Pyongyangites.

There were the finals of the National Inter-provincial Games-2026.

The players fully displayed their skills they have cultivated through mass sports activities.

In the final of tug of war, the Pyongyang municipal team beat the North Phyongan provincial team.

At the awarding ceremony, the standings in events of the 2026 Spring National Sports Festival and the total standings in the National Inter-provincial Games-2026 were announced and rotating trophies, medals and prizes conferred on the successful teams and players.

Kim Il Guk, minister of Physical Culture and Sports, declared the 2026 Spring National Sports Festival close.

In the festival, 30 players set new national records in such events as weightlifting, shooting and field-and-track. Pyongyang Municipality took first place in total standings of the National Inter-provincial Games-2026.

KCNA

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