After six rounds of shooting with 60 bullets, Trinh Thu Vinh scored 578 points. Notably, Thu Vinh achieved a perfect score of 100 in the fifth round. Among the athletes participating in the qualifying round, only one shooter achieved this score, Tanyaporn Prucksakorn (Thailand), but was eliminated. Trinh Thu Vinh also ranked second with 26 shots hitting the bull's eye, one less than Bhaker (India). This index also helped Thu Vinh rank 4th in the qualifying round, above Korean shooter Kim Ye-ji (16 times) despite having the same 578 points.
Trinh Thu Vinh made Vietnamese audiences proud when she entered the final of the women's 10m air pistol.
Notably, of the eight finalists, only three were in the world’s top 10: Jiang Ranxin (China, world No. 3), Kim Ye-ji (Korea, world No. 7) and Li Xue (China, world No. 10). However, all three of these athletes finished behind Trinh Thu Vinh in the qualifying round.
Jiang Ranxin: Desire to change the color of the medal
Chinese athlete Jiang Ranxin only ranked 8th in the qualifying round with 577 points, but she is holding the bronze medal of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the women's 10m air pistol event. Among the 8 athletes in the final, Jiang Ranxin also has the highest ranking. Notably, in an interview before leaving for Paris, Jiang Ranxin declared her determination to change the color of the medal.
Jiang Ranxin is currently ranked 3rd in the world in the women's 10m air pistol event.
Jiang Ranxin is one of China's shooting talents. In his first Olympic appearance (Tokyo 2020), Jiang Ranxin left a strong impression with 1 gold medal in the mixed team and 1 bronze medal in the individual 10m air pistol.
After more than five years of competition, Jiang Ranxin is now the Olympic (587 points) and world (591 points) women's 10m air pistol qualifying record holder. In addition, the Chinese athlete has won four gold medals at the world championships: women's 10m air pistol (2023), women's 50m air pistol (2022), women's 10m air pistol team (2022) and mixed team 50m air pistol (2022).
Veronika Major: The Most Formidable Rival
Veronika Major is one of Hungary's biggest hopes for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 27-year-old has been doing very well at the International Shooting Federation (ISSF) World Cup. She won three gold medals in 2019 and, ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Veronika Major will continue to have an impressive 2023, winning three gold medals in the 25m and 10m air pistol events.
Veronika Major is the leading athlete in the qualifying round.
However, in the Olympic arena, Veronika Major is not highly appreciated. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Veronika Majo only ranked 6th in the 10m air pistol final. In her specialty 25m, Veronika Major also did not have any achievements.
However, Veronika Majo surprised everyone when she topped the 2024 Paris Olympic qualifying round on the afternoon of July 27 with a total score of 582. The Hungarian shooter is also considered Trinh Thu Vinh's most formidable opponent in the upcoming final.
Manu Bhaker - Indian shooting "genius"
Manu Bhaker is only 22 years old this year but has won 15 gold medals in her international career. In the 2018 ASIAD qualifying round, Manu Bhaker set a record of 593 points after 60 shots in the women's 25m air pistol event.
In the same year 2018, she became the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal at the Youth Olympics. Manu Bhaker topped the women's 10m air pistol event with a whopping 576 points. In the final, Manu Bhaker scored 10 points with 8 out of 10 shots and eventually won the gold medal with a total score of 236.5.
Previously, at the age of 16, Manu Bhaker was considered a "genius" of Indian sports when he competed excellently and won the Guadalajara World Cup (MEX), winning 2 Junior World Cup gold medals.
Manu Bhaker is considered a "genius" of Indian sports.
In the qualifying round that took place on July 27, Manu Bhaker scored 580 points, just 2 points behind the leader, Veronika Major. More importantly, the Indian shooter had the highest hit rate - 27 times.
Oh Ye-jin: 19-year-old phenomenon
Not Kim Ye-ji (ranked 7th in the world), but Oh Ye-jin is the Korean athlete with the best result in the women's 10m air pistol qualifying round. Oh Ye-jin won 588 points, 10 points more than Trinh Thu Vinh.
Oh Ye-jin is only 19 years old but has achieved many achievements in the international arena.
Oh Ye-jin is currently the record holder for the women's 10m air pistol at the Youth Olympics with a total score of 587. Although only ranked 35th in the world, the 2005-born shooter won the World Cup in Jakarta (Indonesia 2023), the gold medal in the women's 10m air pistol at the 2023 Asian Championship. Immediately after reaching the final of the women's 10m air pistol at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Korean media was very surprised and called Oh Ye-jin a "phenomenon" of the country's sports. Yonhap newspaper predicted that she would be one of the athletes with the best chance of winning the gold medal.
İlayda Tarhan: Quietly creating surprises
İlayda Tarhan is a 24-year-old Turkish athlete. This is also the first Olympic Games in İlayda Tarhan's career. In the qualifying round, the athlete born in 2000 scored 577 points, hitting the bull's eye 15 times.
In 2015, İlayda Tarhan started competing in the women's 10m air pistol event. She immediately broke the record at the 2018 International Shooting Federation (ISSF) World Championships and won gold with 237.9 points. A year later, she continued to break the record at the European Women's 10m Air Pistol Championship, held in Croatia.
In 2022, İlayda Tarhan won a bronze medal at the ISSF World Shooting Championships (Azerbaijan) and set a record in the women's 10 m air pistol team event at the 2022 European 10 m air pistol championships (Hamar, Norway) with a score of 861.
İlayda Tarhan is the only representative of Türkiye in the women's 10m air pistol final.
Since then, İlayda Tarhan has not been in good form. However, she is still considered one of Türkiye's quality shooters. After her teammate Şimal Yılmaz was eliminated, İlayda Tarhan is Turkey's remaining hope in the women's 10m air pistol event. Although not highly rated, the coaching staff of the Turkish shooting team believes that İlayda Tarhan can quietly create a surprise.
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