Choo Ga-eun Wins Gold in Women's 10m Air Pistol, South Korea's First Shooting Gold of the Games

Choo Ga-eun (25, Imsil County Office) has claimed the gold medal in her first-ever Asian Games appearance, securing South Korea's first shooting gold of the competition.

Choo scored 246.3 points in the individual final of the women's 10m air pistol at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, held at the Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Range in Japan today (the 23rd), finishing first among eight finalists.

Choo captured the gold medal by surpassing the previous Asian record of 246.3 points set by Japan's Yukari Konishi in 2017 by 1.0 point.

The silver medal went to Shen Yaoyao (China) with 241.3 points, and the bronze to Zhang Ranxin (China) with 221.6 points.

This marks the first time in 16 years that a South Korean athlete has won gold in the individual women's 10m air pistol event at the Asian Games, following Kim Yun-mi at the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games.

Earlier, Choo also set an Asian Games record by scoring 582 points in the individual qualification round, which also served as the team event.

Teaming up with Oh Ye-jin (IBK Bank) and Kim Bo-mi (Busan City Hall), she also contributed to a silver medal in the team event, collecting two medals in total at this competition.

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