Kim Jong Un Punishes Athletes Who Could Not Win Medal In Olympics -

North Korea’s confident assertions that its athletes would leave Rio de Janeiro clutching a fistful of gold medals largely fell flat, leading to concerns that competitors will feel the wrath of Kim Jong-un when they return to Pyongyang.Arriving in Rio on July 28, Yun Yong-bok, a senior official of the delegation, told reporters: “We didn’t come all the way here to win a meagre five gold medals.”According to the Korea Times, the North Korean leader had ordered the head of the nation’s sports commission to return with a minimum of five golds and 12 other medals.In the final reckoning, North Korea’s 31 athletes competed in nine sports, winning two gold medals, three silvers and two bronzes, a disappointing result after Pyongyang’s athletes won four gold medals and two bronzes in London in 2012.The pressure even told on Om Yun-chol, the 2012 gold medal winner in the 56kg weightlifting category and the firm favourite in Rio, who eventually had to settle for silver.