South Korean shooter Ban Hyojin, 16, found out just how fine the winning margin in her sport can be as she won a gold medal by one-tenth of a point.
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.
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. 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.
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