Kim Ji-eun gets rifle bronze for S. Korea's 9th shooting medal
NAGOYA — Kim Ji-eun earned bronze in rifle shooting at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, the country's ninth medal in the sport at the competition. Kim scored 348.4 points for the women's 50-meter rifle 3 positions at Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery in Toyota, east of the main host city of Nagoya. Han Jiayu of China won the gold with an Asian continental record score of 359…
NAGOYA, Japan — South Korean shooter Kim Ji-eun clinched the bronze medal in the women's 50-meter rifle 3 positions event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday. Her final score of 348.4 points secured her a spot among the top three competitors in the sport. The event took place at the Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery in Toyota, located east of Nagoya.
China's Han Jiayu claimed the gold medal with an impressive score of 359 points, besting fellow Chinese athlete Zhang Liyuan by just 0.2 points. Kim Ji-eun's accomplishment marked South Korea's ninth medal in rifle shooting at the Asian Games, and more importantly, her first medal in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions category since Jeong Mi-ra's silver win in 2014.
During the competition, each shooter had to fire 10 shots from the kneeling and prone positions within a 22-minute time limit. The competition then progressed to the standing position. After the initial round, the two lowest-ranked shooters were eliminated, and subsequent eliminations were based on single shots until only two competitors remained after 34 shots.
Kim Ji-eun demonstrated her precision and skill by scoring 103.3 points in the kneeling series, which ranked second highest among the participants. She then added another 103 points in the prone series, ultimately finishing third in the overall standings.
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