'Mom Gunman' has risen to the ranks of world stars.
Kim Ye-ji (32, Imsil County Office), a silver medalist in the women's 10m air pistol shooting at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has been selected as one of the top 10 viral stars of the 2024 Paris Olympics by NBC. During the Olympics, Kim Ye-ji received great attention for her chic expression and cool concentration. In particular, after winning the 10m air pistol silver medal, Han X (X, former Twitter) user posted a video of Kim Ye-ji achieving a new 25m world record during the ISSF Shooting World Cup held in Baku, Azerbaijan in May, quickly becoming the best 'Viral Star' at the Paris Olympics.
Kim Ye-ji in the video shows the coolness that does not exist in the world with her whole body. He wore a cap hat with a Korean flag on it upside down, wore a special sight for shooting and a blindfold, and shot with a cold expression as if there was not a drop of blood even if he stabbed it with a needle.
The result was 'World Record', but Kim Ye-ji did not laugh when she opened her left blindfold 'Tik' with her gun down, separated the magazine, and checked the score. After organizing the gun without changing his expression, he sighed deeply and turned around without regret. It reminded me of the cold back of the killer who completed his assassination mission.
The sensitivity of people around the world was properly shot at by this appearance. The user who uploaded the video is 'the most protagonist-like image I've ever seen in my life. She didn't even respond to the world record. Because she is so indifferent and mysterious,' he wrote. It was a comment that drew consensus from everyone. The number of video views has begun to soar.
As video views exceeded tens of millions of views, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, owner of X, showed interest. "It would be cool if there was a shooting world champion in the action movie," he said directly in the video. You have to cast Kim Ye-ji in an action movie. 'I don't need any acting,' he said, leaving an exclamatory comment, 'Sharout' of Kim Ye-ji.
Musk's comment had the effect of pouring gasoline on the fire. The world's interest in Kim Ye-ji exploded. In particular, Kim Ye-ji syndrome was created as the quirky and lively appearance during the interview with the cute elephant doll, which contrasts with the cool-headed appearance reminiscent of 'Killer'. The world's leading media, including Time magazine in the U.S., Daily Mail in the U.K., Glamour and GQ, rushed to introduce Kim Ye-ji Syndrome and his unique style.
NBC, which detected this syndrome, selected Kim Ye-ji as the front-runner of the 「Paris Olympics Topic Star」. The media introduced Kim Ye-ji for the second time and made headlines with her shooting skills and style from fans online. It's about to exceed 007 as well.'
Meanwhile, Kim Ye-ji collapsed with convulsions during a press conference held at the Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province shooting range in Imsil-gun, Jeollabuk-do, on the morning of the 9th after returning from Paris. It was a shock caused by excessive stress and exhaustion. Fortunately, no major abnormalities were found, and Kim Ye-ji is recovering.
Imsil-gun immediately called 119. Kim Ye-ji regained consciousness in 10 minutes, but was immediately transferred to Jeonju Daejain Hospital. Fortunately, there doesn't seem to be a big problem.
In addition to Kim Ye-ji, there are many athletes who have drawn great attention at the Paris Olympics. Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen, also known as 'Muffin Man', is the most famous for taking various TikTok videos with chocolate muffins provided in the athletes' village.
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Stephen Nedoroshik (Gymnastics, USA) also drew a lot of attention. Nedoroshik, who won two bronze medals in mechanical gymnastics, usually wore glasses like the main character in the movie Superman 'Clark Kent', but when it was his turn, he took off his glasses and participated in the event.
`Cheese Rubber' Giorgia Villa of Italy broke up just before the tournament, but Tomash Mahachi-Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic, who kissed each other after winning the tennis mixed doubles, also drew great attention. Breaking women's team Rachel Gunn (Vigal Reagan), rapper Snoop Dogg who attended the opening ceremony, American rugby player Ilyona Maher, comedian Colin Jost who played NBC reporter at the surfing stadium, and track and field pole vaulter winner Armond Duplantis (Sweden) were also named as the top contenders for the event.
