Hong Un Jong (born March 9, 1989 ?? in Hamgyong, North Korea) is a North Korean artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympics gold medalist in Vault.
Watch her Amanar from FISU 2013 on Gymnastike.
It looked about the same today at #WChAntwerp Podium training.
Update. Here’s the best one from today. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
On the other hand, she landed only 2 of 6 attempts. And trained no second vault.
Inside Gymnastics heard that here at Worlds she had submitted for triple twisting Yurchenko.
That looks pretty unlikely to me. Unless she throws one in the Vault final.
Seems to me this family is famous enough already.
Hong Su Jong … is the 2007 World silver medalist on the vault. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the all-around and in the team event.
She is the older sister or possibly twin sister of Hong Un Jong. …
Hong was suspended for two years, from late 2007 to late 2009, following a positive test for furosemide at the Good Luck Beijing pre-Olympic test event. …
North Korea was banned from taking part in the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, as the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique announced it was not satisfied with the explanation provided by North Korea for having entered Hong Su Jong with three different birth dates (1985, 1986 or 1989), in different competitions. In particular, she had taken part in the 2004 Olympics claiming to have been born in 1985; her subsequently announced birth date of 1989 meant that she would have been too young to compete in 2004. …
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