▲ Kwon Eun-ji shooting in the women's 10m air rifle qualifier
Park Hee-moon and Kwon Eun-ji cruised towards the first medal in the women's 10m air rifle at the Tokyo Olympics
Park Hee-moon and Kwon Eun-ji of the national shooting teams advanced to the finals by passing the women's 10m air rifle finals at the Tokyo Olympics held at the Asaka shooting range in Tokyo today (24th) in second and fourth places, respectively.
The top 8 players from the finals will advance to the finals.
Park Hee-moon scored a total of 631.7 points in the 6 series (60 shots, a perfect score of 654 points), and Kwon Eun-ji scored a total of 630.9 points.
Deustad Heg (Norway), who advanced to the final in first place, set a new Olympic record with a total of 632.9 points.
The women's 10m air rifle is the first event to win a medal.
If Park Hee-moon and Kwon Eun-ji succeed in winning medals, they will become the first women's air rifle Olympic medalists in 21 years, following Yeo Gap-soon at the 1992 Barcelona Games and Kang Cho-hyun at the 2000 Sydney Games.
(Photo = Yonhap News)