At the swimming tournament which brought together at least 400 boys and girls selected at middle and primary schools across the country boys of Pyongyang Wisong Middle School and girls of Pyongyang Tonghung Middle School each won the middle school swimming title in total points and boys of Pyongyang Wisong Middle School and girls of Chilbong Middle School of Chongdan County, South Hwanghae Province each won the primary school swimming title in total points.

At least 10 university teams selected from provincial preliminaries competed in the above-said the basketball tournament. Men and women’s players of Kim Il Sung University came first in the matches through a successful combination of shooting under baskets and long-distance shooting and good tactical team work. Men’s players of South Hamgyong Province won the working youth basketball title. Cups, medals and citations were awarded to the successful organizations and players at the prize-awarding ceremony held on August 17.

(KCNA, Augustus 18, 2005)