South 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. 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 South Korea's second gold medal of the Paris Olympics. South Korea now has three medals in shooting, having earlier grabbed silver in the 10m air rifle mixed team event. Source: Yonhap News Agency
(Olympics) S. Korea’s Oh Ye-jin, Kim Ye-ji win gold, silver in women’s 10m air pistol shooting
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