Seventeen-year-old Huang Yuting of China delivered a heart-pounding performance in the women’s 10-meter air rifle final at the Paris Olympics, clinching silver in a dramatic shoot-off against South Korea’s Ban Hyojin. 🌟 The edge-of-your-seat showdown had fans gripping their seats as the two sharpshooters tied at 251.8 points after 24 regulation shots. 🎯
Huang dominated early, but Ban surged ahead with a stellar 10.9 score in the 16th round. The young Chinese prodigy fought back, narrowing the gap with clutch shots of 10.3 and 10.5 in the final rounds. Yet, Ban sealed gold with a 10.4 in the sudden-death shoot-off—just 0.1 points above Huang’s 10.3. Switzerland’s Audrey Gogniat claimed bronze with 230.3 points.
This is Huang’s second medal in Paris! 💥 Days earlier, she teamed up with Sheng Lihao to snag gold in the 10m air rifle mixed team event, marking China’s first top podium finish of the Games. Talk about a rising star! 🚀
