South Korean teen Ban Hyojin wins Olympic shooting gold by 0.1 - ESPN

Teenage South Korea shooter Ban Hyojin found out just how fine the winning margin in her sport can be as she won an Olympic gold medal by one-tenth of a point Monday.

The 16-year-old Ban beat 17-year-old Huang Yuting of China to the gold medal in a shoot-off after they were tied with 251.8 points from 22 shots, a score that had given both an Olympic record.

When she realized she had won the gold, Ban looked up to the ceiling and took a deep breath before securing her rifle. She seemed to be shaking with emotion as she hugged her coach and wiped away tears while posing with her fellow medalists.

«At this young age, I felt a lot of pressure coming to France without my family and being alone,» Ban said after becoming the youngest-ever female Olympic champion in shooting. «But after the match I saw my fellow countrypeople cheering for me and I felt like 'finally.'»

Ban might have felt like she had lost the gold medal in women's 10-meter air rifle after having a comparatively comfortable lead of 1.3 points with two shots to go. All but one of her shots until then had scored at least 10 points of a possible 10.9, but she shot 9.9 and 9.6 to allow Huang to close the gap and force the tiebreaker shoot-off. Ban scored 10.4 to beat Huang's 10.3.

Huang won her second medal of the Paris Games after she and teammate Sheng Lihao won the 10-meter mixed team air rifle on Saturday, the first gold medal awarded in any sport at the 2024 Olympics.

Switzerland's Audrey Gogniat took the bronze medal Monday when she was eliminated with 230.3 points. Sagen Maddalena was fourth for the United States, which is yet to win a shooting medal in the competition.

Sheng won his second gold of the Paris Games and China's third in shooting with victory in