Won the women’s 10m air pistol final with 243.2 points, the first women’s gold medal in 12 years since Kim Jang-mi at the 2012 London Games
Oh Ye-jin (19, IBK Industrial Bank), who surpassed her rival ‘herself’, shot for the Olympic gold medal.
On the 28th (Korean time), Oh Ye-jin won the gold medal with a score of 243.2 in the women’s 10m air pistol final at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the Chateauroux Shooting Center in France.
With her national teammate Kim Ye-ji (32, Imsil County Office) shooting 241.3 points to win the silver medal, two Korean athletes stood on the podium together. It has been 12 years since the 2012 London Olympics when Jin Jong-oh (gold) and Choi Young-rae (silver) won the men’s 50m pistol.
On this day, Oh Ye-jin, who stood on the highest podium, reconnected the gold medal streak of Korean shooting that had been cut off at the previous competition, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, after 8 years. It has been 12 years since Kim Jang-mi won the Olympic gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics.
She also won the women’s 10m air pistol event for the first time.
Last year, while still in high school, Oh Ye-jin emerged as a promising prospect by winning first place in all 9 high school pistol competitions she participated in.
Her skills were not limited to Korea. According to the Korea Shooting Federation, Oh Ye-jin, who dreamed of the Olympics, spent her own money to participate in the International Shooting Federation (ISSF) Jakarta World Cup Shooting Competition last year in order to earn an individual Olympic ticket. After winning two gold medals in her first adult international competition, she made a clear presence and also won the Olympic ticket by taking first place at the Changwon Asian Shooting Championships. She started shooting in her first year of middle school. She discovered her talent after following a friend to a test and entered the path of an athlete. He is from Jeju and had a hard time competing in the national competition, but his passion for shooting did not waver. Ahead of this competition, he said, “My goal is to win a medal,” and vowed, “I will not waver and do my best.” The rival in life that Oh Ye-jin, who kept her promise to herself, pointed out is ‘myself.’ Her motto, which showed her determination not to lose to herself, was ‘I decide my own path.’ On this day, Oh Ye-jin decided to become an ‘Olympic gold medalist.’ Meanwhile, on the first day of the competition, on the 27th, Korean shooting team Park Ha-jun (KT) and Geum Ji-hyun (Gyeonggi Provincial Office) won a silver medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team. On this day, they also won two medals, one gold and two silver medals. They have already surpassed their record of one silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games. 토토사이트