Korea’s Oh Ye-jin, Kim Ye-ji secure gold, silver in women’s 10m air pistol
Korean shooters Oh Ye-jin and Kim Ye-ji captured the gold and silver medals, respectively, in the women’s 10-meter air pistol shooting at the Paris Summer Games on Sunday, with Oh setting an Olympic record in the process.
Oh scored 243.2 points to hold off Kim by 1.9 points in the final at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre in Chateauroux, south of Paris. Manu Bhaker of India took the bronze medal with 221.7 points.
Oh, 19, became the new Olympic record holder in her debut, surpassing the previous record of 240.3 points set by Vitalina Batsarashkina of Russia at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Oh’s was Korea’s second gold medal of the Paris Olympics. Korea now has three medals in shooting, having earlier grabbed silver in the 10m air rifle mixed team event.
The final, featuring eight shooters, started with 10 shots, 스포츠 fired across two series of five shots each, with a 250-second time limit per series and a perfect score of 10.9.
After that, single shots were fired, with a 50-second limit per shot. After every two shots, the lowest-ranked shooter was eliminated.
After the first series of five shots, Oh Ye-jin led the field with 52.2 points, with Kim in third place at 49.7 points and Bhaker in second with 50.4.
Oh remained in first place after the second series with 101.7 points, and Kim moved up to second place with 101.5 points, leaving Bhaker in third place with 100.3 points.