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Hong Un-Jong
An exceptional gymnast from a nation like North Korea, Hong Un-jong has been a figure of speculation ever since she was banned in November 2010 for a beguiling habit of using different birth years for different competitions.
The vault winner of the 2008 Beijing Olympics therefore could not participate at the London games, and her country too was banned from sending a competitor. But this year, after serving her ban, she has qualified once again to be back at the Olympics, bringing with her the mystery that surrounds her.
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Yet to shed her ‘woman with three birthdays’ epithet, the cool and collected 2014 vault world champion is billed to debut a new vault at the Olympic qualifiers – a never-before-seen triple twisting Yurchenko.
Hong has earlier denied the invincible Simone Biles a gold medal on two occasions with her masterful and almost faultless execution of the Amanar followed by the Cheng.
