(LEAD) (Asiad) Kim Ji-eun gets rifle bronze for S. Korea's 9th shooting medal

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NAGOYA, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- Kim Ji-eun earned bronze in rifle shooting at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, the country's ninth medal in the sport at the competition.

Kim scored 348.4 points for the women's 50-meter rifle 3 positions at Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery in Toyota, east of the main host city of Nagoya.

Han Jiayu of China won the gold with an Asian continental record score of 359 points, holding off fellow Chinese, Zhang Liyuan, by 0.2 point.

Kim Ji-eun of South Korea reacts after clinching the bronze medal in the women's 50-meter rifle 3 positions shooting event at the Asian Games at Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery in Toyota, Japan, on Sept. 26, 2026. (Yonhap)

Kim's is South Korea's first medal in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions since Jeong Mi-ra's silver in 2014.

"I am stunned. I don't know what to say," Kim, 23, said when informed of her drought-ending medal. "We are seeing the changing of the guards in shooting. I am proud to have proven that young shooters can be pretty good, too."

In the eight-shooter final, shooters fired 10 shots each from the kneeling and prone positions within a 22-minute time limit.

Then the competition continued with the standing position. After the first 10 shots, the two lowest-ranked shooters were eliminated.

From that point on, subsequent eliminations occurred after single shots until only two shooters were left standing after 34 shots.

Kim scored 103.3 points in the kneeling series, the second-highest score. She then added 103 points in the prone series. She ranked second overall at 206.3 points, 0.2 behind Zhang, entering the standing phase.

Kim fell to fifth place at 256.3 points after the first five shots from the standing position but was only 0.5 point back of third place.

Kim climbed to fourth place over the next five shots at 307.6 points, 0.2 back of Tilottama Sen of India.

Kim then soared to second place after hitting 10.5 points to reach 318.1 points.

Kim Ji-eun of South Korea poses with her bronze medal won in the women's 50-meter rifle 3 positions shooting event at the Asian Games at Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery in Toyota, Japan, on Sept. 26, 2026. (Yonhap)

But Kim only managed 9.5 points with her next shot to drop back to fourth at 327.6 points, now 0.3 point behind Sen. Kim needed to outscore Sen with the next shot to avoid elimination, which she did, striking 10.5 to jump to third and secure at least the bronze medal, while Sen was eliminated.

Kim trailed Zhang by 0.7 point for the silver medal position. Kim hit 10.3 points, but it was not enough to improve her position. Zhang hit 9.9 to move to the top at 348.7, while Han shot 9.5 and ended up just 0.1 point ahead of Kim at 348.5 points in second place. It eliminated the South Korean from the gold medal contention.

Han then scored 10.5 points for her record-setting gold medal.

"Once I secured the bronze medal, I felt relieved, knowing I had won something at least," Kim said. "But then again, it was tough to finish just 0.1 point behind the runner-up at that point."

Kim, who revealed she picked up shooting because she won a game of rock, paper, scissors for one of the last remaining spots on her middle school club team, said she is just getting started.

"I want to develop into a medal contender for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics," she said. "

Through seven days of shooting, South Korea has one gold, four silver and four bronze medals. The shooting competition will end Thursday.

Kim Ji-eun of South Korea competes in the women's 50-meter rifle 3 positions shooting final at the Asian Games at Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery in Toyota, Japan, on Sept. 26, 2026. (Yonhap)

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名古屋，9月26日（韩联社）——金智恩周六在爱知-名古屋亚运会步枪射击项目中获得铜牌，这是韩国在该届亚运会该项目上获得的第九枚奖牌。

金在爱知县综合射击场（位于主要主办城市名古屋以东的丰田市）举行的女子50米步枪3姿比赛中获得348.4分。

中国选手韩嘉宇以359分的成绩获得金牌，打破了亚洲大陆纪录，仅以0.2分的优势击败了另一位中国选手张利元。

2026年9月26日，在日本丰田市爱知县综合射击场举行的亚运会女子50米步枪三姿射击比赛中，韩国选手金智恩获得铜牌后做出庆祝动作。（韩联社）

金是自2014年郑美罗获得银牌以来，韩国在女子50米步枪三姿项目上获得的第一枚奖牌。

“我太震惊了，不知道该说什么，”23岁的金在得知自己打破奖牌荒后说道。“射击运动正在迎来新老交替。我很自豪能够证明，年轻的射击运动员也能非常出色。”

在八名射手的决赛中，射手们在 22 分钟的时间限制内，分别以跪姿和卧姿各射击 10 发子弹。

随后比赛继续进行，改为站姿射击。前十发子弹过后，排名最低的两名射手被淘汰。

从那时起，每轮比赛都只进行一次淘汰，直到 34 轮比赛后只剩下两名射手。

金在跪姿环节获得103.3分，位列第二。随后，她在俯卧环节又获得103分。进入站立环节时，她总分206.3分，排名第二，仅落后张0.2分。

在前五轮站立射击后，金的得分降至第五名，为 256.3 分，但仅比第三名少 0.5 分。

接下来的五杆比赛中，金以 307.6 分的成绩升至第四名，落后印度选手蒂洛塔玛·森 0.2 分。

金在获得 10.5 分后跃升至第二名，总得分达到 318.1 分。

2026年9月26日，韩国选手金智恩在日本丰田市爱知县综合射击场举行的亚运会女子50米步枪三姿比赛中获得铜牌，图为她与奖牌合影。（韩联社）

但金在下一投中只得了 9.5 分，以 327.6 分跌至第四位，落后森 0.3 分。金需要在下一投中得分超过森才能避免被淘汰，她做到了，得了 10.5 分，跃升至第三位，至少确保获得铜牌，而森则被淘汰出局。

金以0.7分之差落后张，屈居亚军。金射下10.3环，但未能提升排名。张射下9.9环，总分348.7环，跃居榜首；韩射下9.5环，以348.5环，仅以0.1分之差领先金，位列第二。韩国选手韩也因此无缘金牌争夺。

韩随后获得10.5分，打破纪录，夺得金牌。

“拿到铜牌后，我松了一口气，至少知道自己有所收获，”金说。“但话说回来，当时只落后亚军0.1分，确实很难接受。”

金透露，她之所以开始练习射击，是因为她在石头剪刀布游戏中赢得了中学俱乐部球队最后一个剩余名额之一。她说，她才刚刚开始。

“我希望自己能成为2028年洛杉矶奥运会的奖牌争夺者，”她说。

经过七天的射击比赛，韩国队获得1枚金牌、4枚银牌和4枚铜牌。射击比赛将于周四结束。

2026年9月26日，韩国选手金智恩在日本丰田市爱知县综合射击场参加亚运会女子50米步枪三姿决赛。（韩联社）

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