Bang bang! Gold Medal Fururu, Ban Hyo-jin's acceptance speech for a high school girl without fail "I eat malatang"
Jul 29, 2024
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Ban Hyo-jin won the gold medal by 0.1 points after a close game with China's Huang Yu-ting in the final round of the women's 10m air rifle at the Chatoru Shooting Center in France on the 29th (Korea time).
Ban Hyo-jin almost had the gold medal in front of him and was reeling in the final shot. He entered the shoot-off by allowing a tie. Ban Hyo-jin scored 10.4 points and Hwang Yu-ting scored 10.3 points, completing the great match.
Ban Hyo-jin said, `I didn't expect to lose two feet that big just before the shoot-off. I was embarrassed, but I thought it was a gold medal opportunity given to me by heaven when I went to the shoot-off. I really shot that one more shot carefully."
I collected my breath and pulled the trigger as I had been practicing.
Ban Hyo-jin said "I just took a deep breath and shot exactly the same."
Ban Hyo-jin, a second-year student at Daegu Sports High School, won the honor of a gold medalist at the age of 16 years, 10 months, and 18 days. The youngest gold medalist in Korean Olympic history was born. Ban Hyo-jin was called the youngest athlete of the South Korean squad for the Paris Olympics, but is now called 'Upgrade'.
At the same time, in 32 years since Yeo Gap-soon (current general manager of the shooting team) in 1992, he was also the first female high school gold medalist.
Yeo Gap-soon (current national team coach) won the gold medal in the women's air rifle at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics as a senior in Seoul Sports High School. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Kang Cho-hyun, a third grader at Yuseong Girls' High School at the time, won a silver medal in the women's air rifle. At the 2004 Athens Olympics, Ahn Soo-kyung, a third-year high school student, unfortunately failed to win a medal. As a high school girl, Ban Hyo-jin participated in the Olympics for the first time in 20 years and achieved a medal in 24 years.
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He didn't miss out on thanking his friend Jeon Jeon Jeon-bin (Daegu High School), who led him to the world of shooting. In 2021, Ban Hyo-jin was led by Jeon Jeon Jeon-bin and held the gun.
Ban Hyo-jin "I contacted him even before entering the final round. Thank you so much always. He said he got a lot of strength, saying, `Do as you always do.'
Then "Bobbin, thanks to you, I won the medal. I really appreciate it. I'll be nice to you." He showed off his friendship again.
It's just the beginning. Ban Hyo-jin said "How far is he going to grow?I'll do my best to get the word '"It was a sign of success."
Ban Hyo-jin soon returned to being an ordinary high school girl.
Ban Hyo-jin "I saw my nephew's face, my sister, and my mom and dad through a video call. I want to go back to Korea and meet my family. I want to eat tteokbokki, malatang, and chicken," he said with a smile.
dhhan@sportschosun.com
