Present there were Kim Su Gil, chief secretary of the Pyongyang City Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Kim Yong Hun, minister of Physical Culture and Sports, Choe Yong Nam, director of the General Bureau of Public Service who is chairman of the Weightlifting Association, officials concerned, players, coaches and their families.

Kim Yong Jin, vice-premier of the Cabinet, in his speech congratulated Om Yun Chol, Kim Un Guk, Ri Song Gum and other weightlifters and coaches who demonstrated the dignity and spirit of the great Kim Il Sung's nation and Kim Jong Il's Korea in the championship.

He called upon all the sportspersons to win more gold medals at international games.

Om Yun Chol in his reply speech pledged to glorify Juche Korea with gold medals by displaying the revolutionary spirit of Mt. Paektu and the spirit of the blizzards of Paektu in training and games, true to the intention of Marshal Kim Jong Un.