Over 20 Years Dedicated to Gold Medals
Their excellent competition ability is guaranteed by sports medical researchers.
An Jong Hui, Doctor of Sports Medicine, has been engaged in the treatment of players and research into sports medicine at the Pyongyang Sports Team for over 20 years. She received a doctorate for having found the cause of exercise-induced injuries of sports players and solved sci-tech problems arising in their diagnosis and treatment.
She is the deputy head of the sports team and is actively applying the traditional Koryo medicine to the sports practice.
She talks about the positive role of Koryo medical method of applying natural medicinal materials and unique therapies including acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping and finger-pressure cure as follows:
"Koryo medical method is very good for improving physical ability of the players and recovering their fatigue.
It suits the constitution of our players and can shorten the duration of causal treatment and rehabilitation. Most importantly, it is a very good method at present when the anti-doping problem is getting acute worldwide, I think."
What is important in the training and competition of players is to shorten the time of fatigue recovery and create the peak form condition as soon as possible.
An Jong Hui divided the players according to events and constitutions and found out the treatment methods for the recovery of fatigue and the creation of the peak form condition for each group. She made various health foods with natural medicinal materials and applied diverse therapies to establish a methodology for relieving fatigue and creating the peak form condition on the basis of Koryo medicine.
She invented various therapies while applying acupuncture and moxibustion to herself with her own hands in order to hasten the time of treatment of injured players.
The research findings and treatment methods associated with her speculation, passion and devotion enabled many players to prove successful in the games.
Her unknown efforts led to successes of many players including gymnast Hong Un Jong, the first Olympic gold medalist of the sports team, Pak Yong Mi, the first woman world wrestling champion of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and wrestler O Kyong Ryong, the Asian and world champion.
She is the deputy head of the sports team and is actively applying the traditional Koryo medicine to the sports practice.
She talks about the positive role of Koryo medical method of applying natural medicinal materials and unique therapies including acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping and finger-pressure cure as follows:
"Koryo medical method is very good for improving physical ability of the players and recovering their fatigue.
It suits the constitution of our players and can shorten the duration of causal treatment and rehabilitation. Most importantly, it is a very good method at present when the anti-doping problem is getting acute worldwide, I think."
What is important in the training and competition of players is to shorten the time of fatigue recovery and create the peak form condition as soon as possible.
An Jong Hui divided the players according to events and constitutions and found out the treatment methods for the recovery of fatigue and the creation of the peak form condition for each group. She made various health foods with natural medicinal materials and applied diverse therapies to establish a methodology for relieving fatigue and creating the peak form condition on the basis of Koryo medicine.
She invented various therapies while applying acupuncture and moxibustion to herself with her own hands in order to hasten the time of treatment of injured players.
The research findings and treatment methods associated with her speculation, passion and devotion enabled many players to prove successful in the games.
Her unknown efforts led to successes of many players including gymnast Hong Un Jong, the first Olympic gold medalist of the sports team, Pak Yong Mi, the first woman world wrestling champion of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and wrestler O Kyong Ryong, the Asian and world champion.
An Jong Hui received a certificate of scientific and technological merits in 2018 for her contribution to the victory of players in many international games such as the Olympic Games, the world championships of events, the Asian championships and the Asian Games.
She said:
"The work we do is not noticeable and may result in success or not though we have made much effort for decades. Actually, nobody thinks of our devoted efforts.
But when our players fly our national flag after winning international games, we swell with the excitement and pride nobody can feel. Tears well up in our eyes and we do not regret our devotion to our work.
The dignity and honour of the country are fully demonstrated when the national flag is hoisted. Finding my pride in it, I have been working for over 20 years."
An Jong Hui is always living with the mind to become a foundation for bringing gold medals to the motherland.
She said:
"The work we do is not noticeable and may result in success or not though we have made much effort for decades. Actually, nobody thinks of our devoted efforts.
But when our players fly our national flag after winning international games, we swell with the excitement and pride nobody can feel. Tears well up in our eyes and we do not regret our devotion to our work.
The dignity and honour of the country are fully demonstrated when the national flag is hoisted. Finding my pride in it, I have been working for over 20 years."
An Jong Hui is always living with the mind to become a foundation for bringing gold medals to the motherland.