Gold 3, Silver 3 'Sniping'... South Korea Shooting Achieves Best Ever Performance [Paris Olympics]

Born in the 2000s Ban Hyojin, Oh Yejin, Yang Ji-in Win Gold
Jo Youngjae, Kim Yeji, Geum Jihyun & Park Hajun 'Silver Gunfire'

Korean shooting concluded the 2024 Paris Olympics with the most medals ever won in its history. This surpassed the previous achievement of winning 3 gold medals and 2 silver medals at the 2012 London Olympics.

Korean shooting wrapped up all events on the 5th (local time) at the Ch?teauroux Shooting Center in France with the 25m rapid fire pistol and mixed team skeet competitions. Although the Korean mixed team skeet performed well, finishing 7th out of 15 countries and narrowly missing qualification, Korea won its first-ever silver medal in the 25m rapid fire pistol event in shooting history. With this, Korea stood on the podium until the final day of shooting at the Paris Olympics.

On the 3rd (local time) at the Ch?teauroux Shooting Center in France, Oh Ye-jin (left), who won the 10m air pistol event at the 2024 Paris Olympics shooting competition, Ban Hyo-jin (center), who won the 10m air rifle event, and Kim Ye-ji, who placed second in the 10m air pistol event, are posing for a photo.
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On the opening day of the Olympics, the 27th of last month, 24-year-old teammates Park Ha-jun (KT) and Geum Ji-hyun (Gyeonggi Provincial Office) showed fantastic synergy in the mixed air rifle event. They won the silver medal, becoming the first Korean medalists in this event.

On the 28th of last month, Oh Ye-jin (19, IBK Industrial Bank) surprised everyone by winning the gold medal in the women's air pistol, while Kim Ye-ji (31, Imsil County Office) took the silver, sweeping the podium for Korean female athletes. On the 29th, Ban Hyo-jin (16, Daegu Physical Education High School) brought great news by winning the gold medal in the women's air pistol, marking Korea's 100th gold medal in Summer Olympics history, the youngest Korean gold medalist, and the youngest female shooting gold medalist in Olympic history, setting numerous records.

On the 3rd, Yang Ji-in (21, Korea National Sport University) fired a golden shot as expected. This was the third gold medal for Korean shooting in this tournament. Finally, Jo Young-jae (25, Military Sports Corps) proudly won the silver medal in the 25m rapid fire pistol event, bringing the Olympic shooting competition to a close.

Jo Young-jae (25, Armed Forces Athletic Corps) is being interviewed by the press on May 27 at the National Training Center for National Athletes in Jincheon-gun, Chungbuk.
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