It’s an honor and thank you for the 100th gold medal at the Summer Olympics.
Ban Hyo-jin, who became the main character of the 100th gold medal in the Korean Summer Olympics, expressed his feelings.
Ban Hyo-jin tied for first place with Huang Yu-ting (China) by shooting 251.8 points in the women’s 10-meter air rifle final at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at Chatoru Shooting Center in France on the 29th (Korea time).
After that, the two players entered the shot-off to determine the owner of the gold medal, and Ban Hyo-jin, who shot 10.4, beat Hwang Whiting, who scored only 10.3, by 0.1 points.
It is the fourth gold medal of the Korean team. Ban Hyo-jin also became the 100th gold medalist of the Korean Summer Olympics.
Ban Hyo-jin is the youngest athlete among the Korean squad to participate in the Paris Olympics. However, he set a new Olympic record of 634.5 points in the preliminary match on the previous day, and displayed his best performance in the final to become the winner of the gold medal.
“I didn’t know it was my 100th gold medal at the Summer Olympics,” Ban said in an interview with broadcasters after the ceremony. “I’m so honored and grateful.”
It was a thrilling match until the end. Ban ranked second after Hwang, but emerged as the lead in the final minutes by showing his afterthought. However, he seemed nervous with the last two shots left and shot 9.9 to 9.6, eventually allowing Hwang to tie the game.
However, the last player who laughed was Ban Hyo-jin. With Hwang Whiting shooting 10.3 points first, Ban calmly shot 10.4 points to become the master of the gold medal.
“Honestly, I was very nervous, but I didn’t know it would fall that big,” Ban Hyo-jin said, recalling the moment he allowed the tie, and looked back on the game, “I thought I was in second place, but it was a shot-off, so I thought it was ‘the opportunity that heaven gave me to win the gold medal’ and shot harder.”
As for the final shot-off moment, he said, “I was so nervous, but I tried not to be nervous while taking deep breaths. I thought I should shoot 10.5 points even if I am not good at it.”
When the gold medal was confirmed, Ban shed tears of emotion. “It was so hard for Ji-hyun, Park Ha-joon, Choi Dae-han, and coaches to come all the way here. I was so moved to tears when I won the gold medal in our event,” Ban said.
“I miss my family so much. I watched a video clip of my nephew as if I was doing a pre-match routine,” Ban said. “After winning a medal, I ran while crying. I couldn’t stop crying.”
Although he has reached the top of the world, Ban is now 16. He is looking forward to more performances in the future. “I don’t want to end here, but I want to challenge myself more and leave more records,” Ban said.
BY: 파워볼사이트