Yang Ji-in is beaming after winning the gold medal in the women's 25m pistol final at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the Chateauroux CNTS shooting range in France on the 3rd (local time).
The 25m pistol is an event in which Korea holds both world and Olympic records. The name at the top of the event introduction section of the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee's website 'My Info' is Kim Ye-ji, who holds the final world record (42 points). Just below that is Kim Min-jeong (38 points), who won a silver medal with an Olympic record at the 2021 Tokyo Games. And when Yang Ji-in (21) won the gold medal in the same event at the Paris Olympics, the page was filled with the Korean flag.
Yang Ji-in stood at the top of the podium after defeating Camille Jedrzejeski of the host country France in a close shoot-off in the women's 25m pistol final held at the Chateauroux Shooting Center in France on the 3rd. It has been 12 years since Kim Jang-mi won the gold medal in this event in the 2012 London Olympics.
Yang Ji-in, who advanced to the finals in 6th place (586 points), defeated all of her competitors in the sudden-death finals. In this event, the eight finalists shoot 15 shots in three series, five shots per series, and then the lowest scorer is eliminated after each series. If the score is 10.2 or higher, one point is added, and if it is below 10.2, zero points are given.
Yang Ji-in, who had been leading from the beginning, was tied with Jedrzejeski for the lead with 37 points after completing the 10th series. After that, they went into a shoot-off where the player with the higher score wins after shooting five shots each. While Jedrzejeski missed all three of his first shots, Yang Ji-in steadily accumulated points and eventually won 4-1.
Yang Ji-in has a bold personality. She doesn’t care much about small things. She says that she “lives roughly” her strengths and weaknesses. Her nickname is “Paper Doll.” This “infinitely positive” mindset fits well with shooting. The motto she wrote on her national team profile is “Somehow it will work out. My future self will take care of it.”
At the Hangzhou Asian Games last year, there was an accident during the individual finals where the shooting results did not appear on the monitor due to a machine error. This delayed the game and disrupted the flow, but Yang Ji-in didn’t care and ended up winning the bronze medal. He said, “I thought, ‘Well, I guess I can’t help it,’ and shot.”
His indifferent shooting also shone at the Paris Olympics. He did not lose focus even when the home team spectators cheered for the French athlete. Yang Ji-in said, “The French athlete receiving the cheers must have been more nervous than me, so I tried to work hard alone,” and added, “I won’t stop here, but I will go higher. I will challenge myself at the Los Angeles Olympics in four years.” 카지노사이트
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