Kim Song-i

North Korean table tennis player

In the history of table tennis, Kim Song-i is one of the names the record keeps returning to.

The record lists Kim Song-i as North Korean table tennis player.

Kim Song-i was born at Pyongchon-guyok in 1994. Her recorded nationality is North Korea.

Modern sport is measured to the hundredth of a second, watched globally and supported by full-time coaching, medicine and analytics.

She competed at table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – women's singles.

Sport records everything, which means a reputation there is harder to inflate than almost anywhere else.

That the career was built from North Korea matters: facilities, coaching and funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide who ever reaches the start line.

Kim Song-i is still competing or recently retired, and the final placing in the sport's history is not yet settled.

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