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Golden Prize of Yellow Crane Awarded to DPRK Acrobats
Pyongyang, November 5 (KCNA) -- The 8th Wuhan International Acrobatics Festival took place in Wuhan, China, from Oct. 25 to 31.

At its closing ceremony, golden prize of yellow crane was awarded to aerial stunt "Somersault in flight" and silver prize of yellow crane to physical stunt "Pole trick," both performed by DPRK acrobats.

In the "Somersault in flight" women acrobats presented quadruple turns and quadruple flip-flap with a simultaneous pirouette, considered to be an ultramodern skill, and other complicated and difficult movements by use of a bar swing.

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