Kwon Eunji and Park Heemun Aim for First Medal, Finish 7th and 8th in Women's 10m Air Rifle Final

Kwon Eun-ji is catching her breath after shooting in the women's 10m air rifle qualification at the Tokyo Olympic Games held on the 24th at the Asaka Shooting Range in Tokyo. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Ryu Tae-min] In the women's 10m air rifle event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Kwon Eun-ji (19, Uljin County Office) and Park Hee-moon (20, Woori Bank) failed to win medals.

Kwon Eun-ji and Park Hee-moon placed 7th and 8th respectively in the women's 10m air rifle final held on the 24th at the Asaka Shooting Range in Tokyo, Japan. The shooting final, which features 8 competitors, is conducted in a 'sudden death' format where starting from the 11th shot out of 24, the lowest scorer is eliminated every two shots.

In the preliminary round, Park Hee-moon advanced to the final with 2nd place (631.7 points) and Kwon Eun-ji with 4th place (630.9 points), raising expectations for medals. Kwon Eun-ji was eliminated second with a score of 145.5 points, finishing 7th. She was tied for first place with 52.5 points after 5 shots. By the 10th shot, she dropped to 4th place with 104.2 points. After 12 shots, she scored 125.0 points, falling to a tie for 5th place, and by the 14th shot, she had 145.4 points, tied with Mary Tucker (USA) for 6th place.

Since one competitor in 7th place had to be eliminated, Kwon Eun-ji and Tucker entered a shoot-off to decide the outcome with one shot each. In the first shoot-off, both Kwon Eun-ji and Tucker scored 10.4 points. In the second shoot-off, Tucker scored 10.8 points while Kwon Eun-ji scored 10.5 points and was eliminated. Earlier, Park Hee-moon was the first to be eliminated with 119.1 points after 12 shots.

The women's 10m air rifle was the event for the first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics. Yang Qian (China) won the first gold medal of the games by setting an Olympic record with 251.8 points.

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