Seo Hoon-tae won a 銅 from the 'Special Agent's Noncommissioned Officer' 'Hyoja Sports' Shooting, Gold-Eun-Dong both won
Aug 31, 2024
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Seo Hoon-tae scored a total of 231.7 points in the final round of the shooting R4 mixed 10-meter air rifle (sports grade SH2) held at Chatoru Shooting Center in France on the night of the 30th (Korea time), ranking third after Slovenia's Gorazd Tirsek (253.3 points) and France's Tanguy Forest (253.1 points).
As a result, South Korea's shooting won a bronze medal in a day after Lee Yun-ri (49, Wando County Office, silver medal) who joined the R2 women's 10m air rifle (sports grade SH1), and Cho Jung-du (37, BDH Paras, gold medal).
In the mixed air rifle finals, a total of eight players, regardless of gender, will participate and shoot 10 shots first, and then shoot two shots later, and the player with the lowest total score will be eliminated one by one. Seo ranked first with 106.1 points, scoring 10.4 points or more in all 10 of his first 10 shots.
After that, Seo Hoon-tae continued the game without making a mistake and remained in first place until 16 shots. However, he shot a relatively low 10.3 points in his 18th shot, falling to a tie for second place, and he also scored 10.3 points in his 19th shot, ranking third. Seo Hoon-tae then failed to chase Tirsek and Forrest and finished the game on the 22nd foot. Park Dong-an (47, Gwangju City Hall), who participated together, ranked seventh.
Seo Hoon-tae became a spinal cord disorder in 2008 due to a fall accident while serving as a deputy special forces officer. He became a Paralympic medalist after turning to shooting after playing table tennis and wheelchair rugby.
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