Korea Shoots Another Gold... Yang Ji-in Wins 25m Pistol Gold Medal [Paris Olympics]

Yang Ji-in (21, Korea National Sport University) clinched the gold medal in the 25m shooting final at the Paris Olympics.

On the 3rd (local time), Yang Ji-in won the gold medal in the 25m shooting final held at the Ch?teauroux Shooting Center in France during the 2024 Paris Olympics. This is the 8th gold medal for the Korean delegation in this competition.

25m Pistol National Team Member Yang Ji-in
[Photo by AP Yonhap News]

Korean shooting has secured its 5th medal in this competition (3 golds, 2 silvers), following the women's air pistol gold by Oh Ye-jin (IBK Industrial Bank), women's air rifle gold by Ban Hyo-jin (Daegu Physical Education High School), women's air pistol silver by Kim Ye-ji (Imsil County Office), and mixed air rifle silver by Park Ha-jun (KT) and Geum Ji-hyun (Gyeonggi Provincial Office).

This marks the first time in 12 years since the 2012 London Games, where Korean shooting achieved its best-ever Olympic performance with 5 medals (3 golds, 2 silvers), that Korea has won 5 medals at the Olympics.