S. Korea snaps up 2 gold medals to meet target after 3 days

From left, Kim Je-deok, Kim Woo-jin and Lee Woo-seok of South Korea celebrate after winning the gold medal in the men's archery team event at the Paris Olympics at Invalides in Paris, July 29. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Team Korea arrived at the Paris Olympics with an eye on winning five gold medals. And after only three days of competition, the country has met that mark.

South Korea collected two gold medals on Monday to reach five gold medals overall.

The first gold of the day was a historic one. Ban Hyo-jin won the women’s 10-meter air rifle title, becoming the 토토 youngest Summer Olympic gold medalist ever for South Korea at 16 years, 10 months and 18 days old.

It was also South Korea’s 100th gold medal in its Summer Games history.

Ban defeated Huang Yuting of China in a shoot-off, 10.4-10.3, after the two ended up tied at 251.8 points after 24 shots to tie the Olympic record.

Ban held a 1.3-point lead over Huang with two shots remaining, but the 17-year-old Chinese caught Ban to force the shoot-off. Ban regrouped in time to hold off Huang by the narrowest of margins.

It was South Korea’s second gold medal in shooting at these Summer Games. And the country also earned its second archery gold medal in Paris on Monday, as the men’s team defeated France in the final by the set score of 5-1.

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