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Not here to win a medal: N.Korean skaters take to Olympic ice
Updated On: 06 February, 2018 02:37 PM IST | South Korea | Reuters
North Korean figure skaters Ryom Tae-Ok and Kim Ju-Sik appeared oblivious to all the excitement surrounding them at the Winter Olympics as they performed a slick training session to a Beatles classic on Tuesday


North Korean figure skaters Kim Ju-Sik (R) and Ryom Tae-Ok (L) train during a practice session ahead of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung on February 6, 2018. Pic/AFP
North Korean figure skaters Ryom Tae-Ok and Kim Ju-Sik appeared oblivious to all the excitement surrounding them at the Winter Olympics as they performed a slick training session to a Beatles classic on Tuesday. Scores of cameras snapped the moment the pair, looking cool calm and collected, and dressed in black, set foot on the South Korean ice at the Gangneung Arena. Ryom, who turned 19 last week, and Kim, 25, were among a group of North Korean athletes to arrive in this east coast port on a rare direct flight between the peninsula neighbours, who are still technically at war last week.
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