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North Korean athlete (born 1993)
Ri Kang-bom
Personal information
NationalityNorth Korean
Born (1993-04-25) 25 April 1993 (age 31)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventMarathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)5000m: 14:26.5 (Pyongyang, 2018)
Marathon: 2:11:19 (Pyongyang, 2019)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  North Korea
Asian Marathon Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Dongguan Marathon

Ri Kang-bom (born 25 April 1993) is a North Korean marathon runner. He was a silver medalist at the 2019 Asian Marathon Championships.

Career

Ri went into the Hong Kong Marathon in February 2012 with a personal best of 2:25:20 for the marathon.

He ran 2:23:42 to earn sixth place in the men's marathon at the Asian Games in Jakarta–Palembang in 2018. He won the Pyongyang Marathon in April 2018 with a time of 2:12:53.

In 2019, he set a personal best time of 2:11:19 in winning the Pyongyang Marathon. In the December of that year, he finished as runner-up at the Asian Marathon Championships held in Dongguan, China. He was leading the race into the closing stages but mistakenly followed a television vehicle off course and away from the route, which enabled Japanese runner Daichi Kamino to overtake him for the win with Ri finishing second in a time of 2:12:21.

References

  1. "Ri Kang-bom". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  2. "Rotich and Maisei ready for Hong Kong rematch - PREVIEW". World Athletics. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  3. Burke, Patrick (8 December 2021). "Soh becomes first Singaporean to achieve marathon qualifying time for Asian Games". Inside the Games. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  4. "Pyongyang marathon: Fewer foreigners compete in North Korea's annual race". BBC News. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  5. "Pyongyang Welcomes Hundreds of Foreigners for Yearly Marathon". New York Times. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  6. "Mangyongdae Prize Marathon". World Athletics. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  7. "Kamino comes from behind to win Asian Marathon Championships". World Athletics. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  8. "悲劇！終點在前 他跑錯路痛失馬拉松冠軍". China Times (in Chinese). 24 December 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  9. "Asian Marathon Championships". World Athletics. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2024.


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