Who is Kim Ye-ji, the coolest shooter at the 2024 Paris Olympics that even stunned Elon Musk?

TPO - Korean shooter Kim Ye-ji has become a global phenomenon overnight with her super cool charisma, also known as "main character energy".

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In the women's 10m air pistol final, where our Trinh Thu Vinh only finished fourth, South Korean shooter Kim Ye-ji won the Silver Medal. However, Kim's demeanor was what was worth mentioning. She was almost indifferent to everything, maintaining a cool and calm demeanor throughout the competition, stepping out, aiming, then repeating the actions with a cold face. Even more strangely, in contrast to her icy demeanor, Kim always carried a cute stuffed baby elephant, given to her by her 5-year-old daughter, as a lucky charm. Immediately after Kim's performance, social networks around the world exploded with admiration for the 31-year-old shooter. All praised her action-movie star-like style, saying that she was the one with the "main character energy" and not Oh Ye Jin, another South Korean shooter who won the Gold Medal. Even Tesla CEO Elon Musk enjoyed posting a clip of Kim on X (Twitter) with a tweet, saying that Kim should act in an action movie because she has the charisma that doesn't need to act. GQ magazine, specializing in fashion and lifestyle, also called Kim a "breakthrough style star" at the 2024 Paris Olympics. "Kim looks like she just stepped out of a fictional work on the cyberpunk theme (high-tech science fiction). Moreover, her outfit, with a white hat, black shirt, and stuffed elephant lucky charm, brings an interesting storyline," wrote GQ editor Eileen Cartter. Kim herself said that she always "ensures the highest concentration when entering the arena and never looks at the audience." On August 2, Kim will participate in the qualifying round of the 25m pistol event as the most promising candidate for the Gold Medal. In May at the Azerbaijan International Sport Shooting Championship, Kim broke the world record in this event with a score of 42. A video of her wearing a black cap backwards that day also went viral, attracting more than 25 million views.