South Korean pistol shooter Kim Ye-ji, who made headlines at the Paris Olympics for wearing custom-made shooting glasses, collapsed during a competition in her home country on Friday and was hospitalized.
Kim, 31, collapsed due to “accumulated fatigue,” authorities said. Huffington Postobtained footage of Olympic athletes being carried away on stretchers.
Local authorities said she had been admitted to Jeonju Hospital in southern South Korea for examination, the media reported.
This was announced after the shooter won a silver medal in the 10-meter air pistol event at the Paris Olympics on July 28.
Kim, who represented Imsil county in southern South Korea for seven years, was sitting and speaking to reporters at a microphone when he collapsed.
Kim regained consciousness and was taken to hospital. A county official told Reuters. By phone.
Others around Kim were tending to her as she lay on the floor.
Another report solar Kim said he appears to have fainted due to stress and fatigue.
Kim made headlines for her fashionable looks and easy-going attitude when she won a silver medal at the Summer Olympics.
Many were fascinated by her shooting glasses, which feature silver hardware, a black left eye cover and a lens over her right eye.
2024 Paris Olympics
Kim’s final score of 241.3 points at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre in Paris beat the previous Olympic record of 240.3 points in the women’s 10m air pistol shooting set by Vitalina Vatsarashkina at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
But Kim’s teammate and roommate, 19-year-old Oh Ye-jin, overtook her to set a new record and win the gold medal in Paris.
In May, Kim New World Record She won the women’s 25m pistol event at the International Shooting Federation (ISSF) World Cup held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
