Ri Kang-bom (born 25 April 1993) is a North Korean marathon runner. He was a silver medalist at the 2019 Asian Marathon Championships.[1]
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| Nationality | North Korean | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Marathon | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 5000m: 14:26.5 (Pyongyang, 2018) Marathon: 2:11:19 (Pyongyang, 2019) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editRi went into the Hong Kong Marathon in February 2012 with a personal best of 2:25:20 for the marathon.[2]
He ran 2:23:42 to earn sixth place in the men's marathon at the Asian Games in Jakarta–Palembang in 2018.[3] He won the Pyongyang Marathon in April 2018 with a time of 2:12:53.[4][5]
In 2019, he set a personal best time of 2:11:19 in winning the Pyongyang Marathon.[6] In the December of that year, he finished as runner-up at the Asian Marathon Championships held in Dongguan, China.[7] 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.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ "Ri Kang-bom". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Rotich and Maisei ready for Hong Kong rematch - PREVIEW". World Athletics. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (8 December 2021). "Soh becomes first Singaporean to achieve marathon qualifying time for Asian Games". Inside the Games. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Pyongyang marathon: Fewer foreigners compete in North Korea's annual race". BBC News. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Pyongyang Welcomes Hundreds of Foreigners for Yearly Marathon". New York Times. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Mangyongdae Prize Marathon". World Athletics. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Kamino comes from behind to win Asian Marathon Championships". World Athletics. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Asian Marathon Championships". World Athletics. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
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