[Olympics] Oh Ye-jin and Kim Ye-ji, Air Pistol Gold and Silver Together… Korea's 2nd Gold Medal

Second Korean shooting 'double gold and silver' after Jin Jong-oh and Choi Young-rae at the 2012 London Games.

Shooting stars Oh Ye-jin (IBK Industrial Bank) and Kim Ye-ji (Imsil County Office) have won the 4th and 5th medals for the Korean team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Oh Ye-jin won the gold medal in the women's 10m air pistol final at the competition held at the Chateauroux Shooting Center in France on the 28th (local time).

Kim Ye-ji, who competed with Oh Ye-jin, competed until the end and won a silver medal. 메이저사이트

It is the first time since the 2012 London Games when Jin Jong-oh (gold) and Choi Yeong-rae (silver) won the 50m pistol event for Korean shooters to stand on the Olympic podium together.

Oh Ye-jin also set a new Olympic finals record, the first Korean shooter to do so in eight years since Jin Jong-oh won the 50m pistol event for Korean shooters in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

The Korean team delivered three good news on the first day of the competition, the 27th, starting with the silver medal in the 10m air rifle mixed event by Park Ha-jun (KT) and Geum Ji-hyun (Gyeonggi Provincial Office), followed by the bronze medal in the men's 400m freestyle swimming event by Kim Woo-min (Gangwon Provincial Office), and the gold medal in the men's sabre individual fencing event by Oh Sang-uk (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall).

With two more medals in the shooting event on the second day of the competition, the total for Korea in this competition is now two gold medals, two silver medals, and one bronze medal.

In the 10m air pistol final, eight athletes shoot 10 shots first, and then shoot two shots each, with the athlete with the lowest score being eliminated one by one.

The full score for each shot is 10.9 points.

Oh Ye-jin showed good condition by shooting a high score of 10.7 points from her first shot, and then continued with 4 consecutive high scores in the 10s, 10.8 points, 10.2 points, and 10.6 points, signaling a good start.

She came down from the 10s with her fifth shot at 9.9 points, and then showed a somewhat wavering zero score with her sixth shot at 8.7 points.

While Oh Ye-jin paused for a moment, Kim Ye-ji stepped up, and the two players engaged in a fierce competition for the lead.

After shooting 10 shots, Oh Ye-jin was in first place with 101.7 points, and Kim Ye-ji was in second place with 101.5 points, 0.2 points behind.

Even after the 12th shot, when one person was eliminated each, Oh Ye-jin and Kim Ye-ji continued to trade first and second place, increasing the possibility of sharing medals.

When Manu Bhaker (India) finished in third place, all that remained was the competition between Oh Ye-jin and Kim Ye-ji for the gold and silver medals.

Oh Ye-jin shot for the gold medal with her last two shots, with 222.6 points, and Kim Ye-ji was 0.8 points behind with 221.8 points.

While Kim Ye-ji only scored 9.7 points with her first shot, Oh Ye-jin shot 10.0 points, increasing her score by 1.1 points and virtually securing the gold medal.

Oh Ye-jin hit 10.6 points with her last shot, setting a new Olympic final record of 243.2 points and becoming the gold medalist.

Kim Ye-ji took the silver medal with 241.3 points.

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