Even Musk fell in love with the shooting 銀 Kim Ye-ji's special charm
Jul 31, 2024
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk also paid attention. South Korea's shooting, which is showing the best performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics, is attracting worldwide attention. The start was a video of Kim Ye-ji (Imsil County Office)'s game, which began to spread on X (X, former Twitter).
Kim Ye-ji won a silver medal after Oh Ye-jin (IBK Industrial Bank) in the women's 10m individual shooting air pistol event at the Chatoru Shooting Center in Paris on the 28th (Korea time).
In fact, the video that drew attention from X is not a Olympic game, but a 25-meter pistol event at the International Shooting Federation (ISSF) Shooting World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, in May. At that time, Kim Ye-ji set a new world record by shooting 42 points. Yang Ji-in (21, Korea National Sports University) won the gold and silver medals together. It was the first time for a Korean woman to win first and second places in an international competition. Kim Ye-ji reproduced another first and second place title in Paris in two months.
In the video, Kim Ye-ji shot her last shot with her hat on the back, and after checking the target site with a cold expression, she checked the pistol lock. Soon after, he looked at the target site once again, sighed, and turned back. Even though he set a new world record, he never showed a smile. It looked like a 'female warrior' In addition, when Kim Ye-ji's usual appearance of wearing an elephant doll in the stadium was revealed, the interest became even hotter, adding the unexpected charm of 'Women who like cute dolls'.
Musk, the owner of X, joined in. He wrote in an X that it would be cool if there was a shooting world champion in an action movie as well. After a while, we have to cast Kim Ye-ji in an action movie. There is no need for a delay,' he added.
Kim Ye-ji will compete in a 25-meter pistol event on the 2nd of next month. He is considered the strongest candidate in the event. If you win a gold medal, you can be a bigger star.
vanbasten@sportschosun.com
