17:31: The 2024 Olympic champion - women's 10m air pistol event belongs to Oh Ye-jin - a 19-year-old female shooter from Korea, and also broke the Olympic record with 243.2 points (old record 240.3 point). The silver medalist was Kim Ye-ji (Korea) and the bronze medalist was Bhaker Manu (India).
17:27: Athlete Bhaker Manu (India) is the next person to stop in the final. Two Korean athletes, Kim Ye-ji and Oh Ye-jin, compete for the gold medal.
17:25: In the next series of shots, Trinh Thu Vinh scored a total of 198.6 points, 2.7 points behind India and officially finished with 4th place overall.
17:22: Trinh Thu Vinh scored 9.7 points and 9.2 points in the next two shots. She still remained in the top 4 strongest shooters, but was left behind compared to her Indian opponent. Another Chinese athlete, Li Xue, stopped walking.
17:19: In the next 2 single shots, Trinh Thu Vinh scored 9.2 points and 9.9 points. The Thanh Hoa female shooter is currently still holding 4th place with 159.9 points, losing 1 point to her Indian opponent in 3rd place. Accordingly, the next athlete to stop is Jiang Ranxin (China).
17:16: In the next 2 single shots, Trinh Thu Vinh scored 10.0 points and 10.6 points respectively. The Vietnamese representative continued to advance with the 3rd place and the person who had to say goodbye after this series of shots was Tarhan Sevval Ilayda (Türkiye).
17:13: In the first single shot, Trinh Thu Vinh scored 10.3 points, a higher score than both Korean representatives. After that, the Vietnamese shooter continued to score 10.5 points in the second single shot.
In summary, Thu Vinh scored 120.2 points and ranked 4th. With this result, the first person to say goodbye in the final was Major Veronika (Hungary).
17:10: After the second series of shots, Trinh Thu Vinh continues to hold 4th place with 99.4 points, still behind two athletes from Korea and India. However, this position is quite safe as she is nearly 2 points ahead of the Chinese representative.
17:05: After the first 5 shots, Trinh Thu Vinh scored 49.3 points and ranked 4th out of 8 athletes. This is a safe ranking.
The first 3 positions belong to Oh Yejin (Korea), Manu (India) and Kim Yeji (Korea).
4:55 p.m.: Athletes officially compete. According to competition rules, after the first 2 rounds of shooting, the athlete with the lowest score will be eliminated.
Information before the final round
Vietnamese shooter - Trinh Thu Vinh excellently qualified for the women's 10m air pistol ( shooting ) event at the 2024 Paris Olympics with 578 points and 4th place out of 44 athletes.
Thu Vinh scored 97 points with 7 series of 10 points and 3 scores of 9 (shot 1); 94 points with 5 shots of 10 points, 4 points of 9 and 1 point of 8 (shot 2); 96 points with 6 shots for 10 points, 4 shots for 9 points (shot 3); 97 points with 7 10s, 3 9s (shot 4); 100 points with 10 perfect scores (5 shots); 94 points (6 shots).
The female shooter born in 2000 is only 4 points behind the leader, Veronika Major, and is also the athlete with the second most hits (only less than Indian shooter Bhaker Manu).
According to the competition schedule, at 5:00 p.m. this afternoon (July 28), Trinh Thu Vinh entered the competition with 8 other athletes in the final round, including Jiang Ranxin, Li Xue (China), Tarhan Sevval Ilayda (Turkey). Ky), Bhaker Manu (India), Kim Ye-ji, Oh Ye-jin (Korea) and Major Veronika (Hungary).
Among the eight shooters participating in the final, Trinh Thu Vinh is the only one who has never won a medal at the world championship. Her best achievement is the top 5 in the women's 10m air pistol event at the 2023 world championship, qualifying for tickets to the 2024 Olympics.
Meanwhile, Chinese team shooter Jiang Ranxin is considered the most formidable opponent. The star born in 2000 won a gold medal in the mixed team event and a bronze medal in the women's 10m air pistol individual event at the 2020 Olympics .
