Iwonho-Oyejin, 4th Place in Mixed Air Pistol... "Lost in Bronze Medal Match" [Paris Olympics]

Lee Won-ho (KB Kookmin Bank) and Oh Ye-jin (IBK Industrial Bank) finished 4th in the mixed air pistol event.

On the 30th (local time), Lee Won-ho and Oh Ye-jin lost 10-16 in match points to Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh (India) in the bronze medal match of the 2024 Paris Olympic shooting air pistol 10m mixed event held at the Ch?teauroux Shooting Center in France.

The mixed air pistol medal match is a match point system where each shooter fires one shot, and the combined scores of the male and female athletes are added. The team with the higher score earns 2 match points. The losing side earns no points. In case of a tie, each team receives 1 point. The first team to reach 16 match points wins. The maximum score per shot is 10.9 points. The maximum combined score a team can achieve per shot is 21.8 points.

Lee Won-ho and Oh Ye-jin comfortably outscored India in the first round by combining 20.5 points to India's 18.8 points, earning the first 2 match points. However, Lee Won-ho's shooting faltered, and they lost the next 4 sets consecutively.

Thanks to Oh Ye-jin shooting a near-perfect 10.8 points in the 6th set, Korea recovered 2 match points and narrowed the gap to 4-8. After exchanging sets one by one, Korea fell into a precarious position at 6-14 after losing the 9th and 10th sets consecutively.

Here, Oh Ye-jin shot 10.8 points twice in a row, leading to two set victories. They closed the gap to 10-14, reviving hope. However, in the 13th set, both Lee Won-ho and Oh Ye-jin faltered, losing the set and finishing the match in 4th place.

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