Sergeant Major Jo Young-jae, Silver Gunshot
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Sergeant Major' Jo Young-jae, Silver Gunshot... Korea's 6th Shooting Medal [2024 Paris Olympics]
Korea's first Olympic medal in rapid-fire pistol, best performance ever.
Cho Young-jae (25), a 'soldier in his final years' who has a month left before his discharge, has brought the 6th medal to Korean shooting.
Cho Young-jae won a silver medal with 25 points in the men's 25m rapid-fire pistol final at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the Chateauroux Shooting Center in France on the 5th.
Cho Young-jae is the first Korean shooter to win a medal in the rapid-fire pistol.
Li Yuehong (35, China), who shot a total of 32 points in the 7 series, won the gold medal, and Wang Xunjie (28, China), who shot 23 points, won the bronze medal. 토토사이트 추천
With this, Korean shooting won 6 medals in this competition (3 gold and 3 silver), surpassing the 2012 London Olympics (3 gold and 2 silver), and achieving the best Olympic results ever.
Korean shooting took gold medals in women's air pistol Oh Ye-jin (19), women's air rifle Ban Hyo-jin (16), and women's 25m pistol Yang Ji-in (21).
In addition, Park Ha-jun and Geum Ji-hyun (both 24) won silver medals in mixed air rifle, and Kim Ye-ji (31) won silver medals in women's air pistol.
In the rapid fire pistol final, six athletes must fire all five shots within four seconds in three rounds, for a total of 15 shots.
A score of 9.7 or higher is required to earn one point, and a score of 9.7 or lower is not required to earn any points.
After that, each athlete shoots five shots, and the last-place athlete is eliminated one by one.
Cho Young-jae started off well, hitting 3 out of 5 shots in both the first and second series, and came in 4th place overall.
He hit all 5 shots on target in the third series, and finished in a tie for 2nd place with a total of 11 points, 1 point behind Li Yuehong (China).
Cho Young-jae focused even more on the 4th series, where the last place was dropped one by one.
He hit 4 shots and took the lead with 15 points, and he also hit 4 shots in the 5th series, solidifying his 1st place with 19 points.
However, he hit 2 shots in the 6th series and 3 shots in the 7th series, allowing Li Weihong to take the lead again.
Cho Young-jae, who enlisted in the Armed Forces Athletic Corps last year and is fulfilling his military service, will be discharged on the 19th of next month.
With this silver medal, he also has the opportunity to bring forward his discharge date a little.