'16-year-old Youngest' responded to Ban Hyo-jin's golden gunfire, Daegu Mayor Hong Joon Pyo"I'm going to host an international shooting competition."
Jul 31, 2024
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Daegu Mayor Hong Joon Pyo opened a personal SNS after Ban Hyo-jin won the 100th gold medal in the women's 10m shooting air rifle final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and opened his personal social media page saying, "The main character of the 100th gold medal at the Summer Olympics is Ban Hyo-jin, a female student at Daegu Chego High School. Taking this opportunity, the Daegu Shooting Range will also be prepared to host the world competition by supplementing its facilities" professed.
Daegu Shooting Range, which opened in 2008, has never held a large-scale comprehensive competition due to limitations in facilities. It had a 10m final shooting range, but no 25m and 50m final shooting ranges. The 25m and 50m shooting ranges using gunpowder have stadiums outdoors, and at the current Daegu shooting range, the 25m and 50m races can only be held until the finals.
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It is also required to improve the conditions for viewing spectators.
As the head of the local government came forward and vowed to supplement the facilities of the Daegu Shooting Range and host the World Games, expectations for the 'different Daegu Shooting Range' are growing.
Ban Hyo-jin, the youngest Korean shooter ever, won the gold medal by 0.1 points after a close shoot-off match with China's Huang Yu-ting in the 10-meter air rifle final.
At the age of 16 and 313, he won the gold medal, becoming the youngest ever gold medalist at the Summer Olympics in South Korea.
yoonjinman@sportschosun.com
