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2016. 2020. 2024. North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. North Korea's eleventh Summer Olympics appearance marked the official return of the nation to the sporting event after withdrawing from the games in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
North Korea's first Olympic appearance was in the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria. The nation participated in its first Summer Olympic Games eight years later at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Since then, the nation has appeared in every Summer Games, except when North Korea joined the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics, when ...
[17] [18] However, North Korean Ministry of Sports and the National Olympic Committee said in a letter to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, the Chinese Olympic Committee, and the General Administration of Sport of China on 7 January 2022 that "Due to the "action of hostile forces" and the COVID-19 pandemic, they would not ...
James skipped out on the Rio Olympics in 2016 and did not play in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics — which were pushed back, to 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He helped lead the USA to 8-0 finishes ...
The team will be anchored by Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, making his fourth appearance after skipping the past two Olympics. The 39-year-old James has previously brought home two gold ...
LeBron James, fresh off his stint leading the United States up the Seine during Friday's Opening Ceremony, scored America’s first points on a breakaway dunk. But the real hero of the first half ...
A unified team played in the women's ice hockey tournament as Korea under the IOC country code COR, using the Unification Flag and the "Arirang" anthem. For other disciplines, the two Koreas retained separate national teams. [5] At the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships, the two Koreas entered separate teams, but when they were paired ...
James achieved this twice in a single NBA Finals series. [ 60 ] One of two players in NBA history to record at least 35 points, 15 rebounds, and 10 assists in an NBA Finals game. [ 61 ] Includes James Worthy. One of three players in NBA history to record a triple-double with at least 40 points in an NBA Finals game.