Ban Hyo-jin shot 251.8 points in the women’s 10-meter air rifle final at the 2024 Paris Olympics at Chatoru Shooting Range in France on the 29th and won the gold medal after a shot-off with China’s Huang Yu-ting.
Ban set a new Olympic record (634.5 points) to advance to the finals as No. 1 overall, and maintained calm in the finals. Ban’s 251.8 points is the Olympic tie record.
As a result, the Korean shooting team won its second gold medal in this competition after Oh Ye-jin (19, IBK Industrial Bank) of the women’s 10-meter air pistol.
In addition, Ban Hyo-jin became the 100th gold medal in the history of the Korean Summer Olympics.
Born in 2007, Ban is the youngest athlete among all Korean athletes to participate in the Olympics. The youngest became the winner of the 100th gold medal in the history of the Korean Summer Olympics.
It took South Korea 76 years to win its 100th gold medal, having competed in the Summer Olympics for the first time through the 1948 London Games.
BY: 동행복권파워볼