by He’s so cool, he easily breaks world records, and he’s the darling of the internet. His helmet and glasses are commonplace items in the world of competitive shooting, but don’t look out of place for an inspired fashion show on the road.She is Kim Ye-ji, the 31-year-old South Korean athlete whose performance at the Paris Olympics caused a stir on social media.Kim won the silver medal in the 10-meter air pistol competition on Sunday, while compatriot Oh Ye-jin, 19, won gold.
But an old video of Kim playing in Azerbaijan went viral on X (formerly Twitter), gaining more than 7 million views in a few days and attracting new fans. In the video, Kim wears the hat backwards over her blunt pop and keeps her eyes on the goal through the shot glasses. Shooting goggles are special glasses that help athletes focus on their targets, but they also look like something out of a science fiction movie.
When it became clear that he had broken a new world record, he stretched out his hand, lowered his head, and pumped, but he didn’t care. He pushed off his glasses, looked directly at the camera, then stared blankly at the nearby screen.
Photos of his performance on Sunday went viral, with people praising his nervous demeanor, black Fila shirt, Sauer sneakers and the blue elephant hanging from his bag during the game. The photo shows Kim leaning back with one hand on her hip and holding a gun in the other, her ponytail peeking out from under her hat, which the other has hung up on account X W Posted by a woman with the caption “The strongest. aka me.” “I saw it in the photo,” said one. It has been liked over 300,000 times. More Reading At the time, the platform’s CEO Elon Musk said that King “should be in an action movie”.
This will be her first Olympics and she will compete in the 25 meter shot put on Friday.
Kim and Oh’s podium represents South Korea’s shot put champion, who have won medals in every event at the Summer Olympics since 2000.
According to the Associated Press, Kim and Wu were roommates at the Athletes’ Village, and Kim described Wu as his older brother. “I keep looking at them, I want to be with them.” “So I was very happy when he won the gold medal,” he told reporters before Sunday’s competition.
“I don’t think he’s a rival. The Olympics is a big stage, we win gold medals and silver medals. When we win medals, we’re very proud to be Korean.”
