Oh Ye-jin X Nam Soo-hyun, born in 2005, Ban Hyo-jin, born in 2007, 'Golden Rebellion' of Korean teenage Taegeuk Warriors

Jul 30, 2024

The youngest national representative 'high school students'Ban Hyo-jin (17) is on the 29th (Korea time)?At Chatoru Shooting Center in France?She won the gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Ban Hyo-jin poses with the gold medal. Chatoru (France) = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.29/

The youngest national representative 'high school students'Ban Hyo-jin (17) is on the 29th (Korea time)?At Chatoru Shooting Center in France?She won the gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Ban Hyo-jin performs a ceremony after confirming the gold medal. Chatoru (France) = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.29/

Oh Ye-jin (19, IBK Industrial Bank), Nam Soo-hyun (19, Suncheon City Hall), Ban Hyo-jin (16, Daegu Chego)…. South Korea's teenage Taegeuk Warriors are rocking the world on the Olympic stage. Even in his first Olympic appearance, he is making a series of confident plays 'Golden Finale'.

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Oh Ye-jin was born in 2005. He won the gold medal in the women's 10-meter final of the air pistol at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the Chatoru Shooting Center in France on the 28th (Korea time). Korean shooting was the first gold medal in eight years. South Korea has not won a gold medal since Jin Jong-oh at the 2016 Rio Games. In the previous Tokyo, there was only one silver medal.

It was an unexpected feat. Oh Ye-jin, ranked 35th in the International Shooting Federation (ISSF), was not a "medal prospect" athlete until the competition. But that didn't mean I didn't have expectations. He has grown rapidly enough to pass the national team selection match at the top. Oh Ye-jin had a proper accident in her first Olympics. After competing with Kim Ye-ji (31, Imsil County Office), a senior member of the national team, until the end, he won the top. Oh Ye-jin, who won the gold medal, continued to imagine shooting the final shot and cheering with the gold medal even before coming here. I'm so glad it actually happened. Even if I wasn't a leading candidate for a medal, I didn't care about that. I thought I could show you everything if I did mine. I thought everything would be fine if I did it as usual. The medal is very heavy, but I'm proud."

South Korea's Jeon Hoon-young, Lim Si-hyun and Nam Soo-hyun, who won the gold medal in the women's recurve team event at the '2024 Paris Olympics' held in Anvalide, Paris, France on the 28th (Korea time), are performing their ceremony on the podium. Paris (France) = Reporter Chung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.28/

Archery Women's Recurve Team Korea and Taiwan in the quarterfinals on the 28th (Korea Standard Time) in Anvalid, Paris, France. Nam Soo-hyun is pulling the protest. Paris (France) = Reporter Chung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.28/

Nam Soo-hyun, the 'Golden Youngest' of Archery, also took the lead in achieving the 10th consecutive women's archery competition in Korea. In the women's team archery competition against China on the 29th, he collaborated with Shim Do-hyun (21, Korea National Sports University) and Jeon Hoon-young (30, Incheon City Hall) for the gold medal. This marks Korea's 10th consecutive victory since the 1988 Seoul Games.

Nam Soo-hyun, born in 2005, said, "It was an honor just to perform on the Olympic stage of my dream. Together with my sisters, I wrote the history of losing 10 consecutive team games. When I was a freshman in high school (2021) watching the Tokyo Olympics, I always wanted to go to the Paris Olympics' held out hope. I want to prepare harder and go to the Olympics in the future. The same goes for Asian Games and World Championships. I want to play in an international competition as a national team member"I'm determined.

The youngest national representative 'high school students'Ban Hyo-jin (17) is on the 29th (Korea time)?At Chatoru Shooting Center in France?She won the gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Ban Hyo-jin's smile holding up the gold medal on the podium. Chatoru (France) = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.29/

The youngest national representative 'high school students'Ban Hyo-jin (17) is on the 29th (Korea time)?At Chatoru Shooting Center in France?She won the gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Ban Hyo-jin is happy waving the Korean flag. Chatoru (France) = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.29/

Ban Hyo-jin, the Korean team 'youngest 'Ban Hyo-jin also won the gold medal. She won the gold medal in the women's 10-meter final of the shooting air rifle on the 29th. Born on September 20, 2007, Ban Hyo-jin won at the age of 16 years, 10 months, and 18 days. With this, Ban Hyo-jin became the youngest gold medalist in the Korean Summer Olympics, surpassing Yoon Young-sook (women's team archery) at the 1988 Seoul Games. Born on September 10, 1971, Yoon won the gold medal on October 1, 1988, at the age of 17 years and 21 days. In addition, Ban Hyo-jin became the star of Korea's 100th Summer Olympics gold medal.

Ban Hyo-jin said "I think this record came out because I was so young. I never get complacent, and I want to go to the game with a learning attitude and continue to show good performances. It's only been three years since I started shooting, so whenever I went out to the game with as much humility as possible, I thought about 'Let's learn one more thing' and controlled my mind. I did the same when I came to the Olympics. How far is he going to grow?I'll do my best to get the word '"I vowed.

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Meanwhile, teenage gusts are not the only stories of Korea. In Japan, Yoshizawa Koko, born in 2009, won the gold medal at the age of 14 years and 10 months. Yoshizawa won in the skateboard women's street category. After the game, he said "I couldn't believe I won, but the number of SNS (social network service) followers increased 10 times more." Akama Rizu (Japan), who finished second after Yoshizawa in this event, was also born in 2009. Third place Haisa Real (Brazil) was born in 2008. Summer McIntosh (Canada), who won the gold medal in the women's 400-meter individual medley, was born in 2006. McIntosh won a silver medal in the women's 400-meter freestyle and a gold medal in the individual medley. Reporter Kim Autumn epi17@sportschosun.com

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