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(Olympics) Teen shooter Ban Hyo-jin wins gold in women’s air rifle


Teen shooter Ban Hyo-jin captured the gold medal in the women’s 10-meter air rifle at the Paris Olympics on Monday, becoming South Korea’s youngest shooting medalist ever at age 16.

Ban edged out Huang Yuting of China in a shoot-off, 10.4 points to 10.3 points, after the two teens tied the Olympic record with 251.8 points in the final at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre in Chateauroux, south of Paris.

This was South Korea’s fourth gold medal of the Paris Olympics and its 100th gold medal in its Summer Games history.

Source: Yonhap News Agency