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Saudi Arabia Makes History as Majrashi Wins Bronze at Asian Field & Track

Muhammad Majrashi took the bronze medal in the Elimination Race, as part of the Asian Field & Track Championships 2024. SPA
Muhammad Majrashi took the bronze medal in the Elimination Race, as part of the Asian Field & Track Championships 2024. SPA
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Saudi Arabia Makes History as Majrashi Wins Bronze at Asian Field & Track

Muhammad Majrashi took the bronze medal in the Elimination Race, as part of the Asian Field & Track Championships 2024. SPA
Muhammad Majrashi took the bronze medal in the Elimination Race, as part of the Asian Field & Track Championships 2024. SPA

The Saudi youth cycling team won its first bronze medal in Asian history after Muhammad Majrashi clinched it in the Elimination Race, as part of the Asian Field & Track Championships 2024.

The championships concluded on Monday in the Indian capital, New Delhi. More than 300 female and male athletes representing 18 Asian teams participated in the event.

Korean Park Woojin won gold and Japanese Kazuma Muara silver in the race, which witnessed strong competition and enthusiasm among 10 riders representing the teams of Saudi Arabia as well as Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Taipei and Uzbekistan.

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South Korea Expresses Regret after Its Athletes Introduced as North Korea at Opening Ceremony

Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)
Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)
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South Korea Expresses Regret after Its Athletes Introduced as North Korea at Opening Ceremony

Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)
Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)

South Korea expressed regret that its delegation of athletes at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday was introduced as from rival North Korea and has demanded assurances from organizers the mistake will not happen again.

As the boat carrying South Korean athletes passed on the Seine, the announcer introduced them as the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" - the official name of North Korea - in French and English.

The announcer used the same introduction when the North Korean delegation passed.

South Korea's vice minister for sports and culture, Jang Mi-ran, who was in Paris, had requested a meeting with International Olympics Committee President Thomas Bach, the ministry said in a statement.

"We express regret that the country was introduced as North Korea at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games when the athletes of the Republic of Korea were entering," it said.

South Korea's National Olympic Committee immediately referred the incident to the Games' organizers and requested that the error will not be repeated.

South Korea's delegation includes 143 athletes competing in 21 events. North Korea, which is returning to the Games for the first time since Rio 2016, has sent 16 athletes.