When did the Olympics End?’… Shooting Heroes, Belated Rewards
Shooting medalists who had not received prize money from the Korea Shooting Federation despite achieving the highest performance ever at the 2024 Paris Olympics will finally receive their prize money.
The Korea Shooting Federation decided at its general meeting to secure funds from the Federation Promotion Fund and pay a total of 321 million won to medalists and coaches.
315 million won is the Olympic prize money for athletes and coaches, and the remaining 6 million won goes to athletes who secure Olympic qualification. 토토사이트 순위
According to the federation regulations, the Olympic gold medalist prize money is 50 million won, the silver medalist 20 million won, and the bronze medalist 10 million won.
The coach’s prize money is half that of the athletes, 25 million won (gold medal), 10 million won (silver medal), and 5 million won (bronze medal).
At the Paris Olympics, Korean shooting achieved the best results ever by winning three gold medals and three silver medals.
Daegu Physical Education High School sophomore Ban Hyo-jin won the gold medal in the women’s 10m air rifle, becoming the 100th and youngest gold medalist in Korean history at the Summer Olympics.
Yang Ji-in (Korea National Sport University) won gold in the 25m pistol, and Oh Ye-jin (IBK Industrial Bank of Korea) won gold in the women’s 10m air pistol, beating Kim Ye-ji (Imsil County Office).
Kim Ye-ji, who won a silver medal, became a global star after a video of her match was posted on SNS, and Park Ha-jun (KB) and Geum Ji-hyeon (Gyeonggi Provincial Office) won silver in the mixed air rifle, the first medals for the Korean team at the Paris Olympics.
Cho Young-jae earned a silver medal in the rapid-fire pistol and qualified for early discharge, but he completed his military service and was discharged last month.
The Shooting Federation was planning to pay the Olympic prize money with the 300 million won that former Chairman Shin Myung-joo promised when he took office in June.
However, former Chairman Shin resigned without contributing the money when it was revealed that the wages of the hospital staff he was operating were not paid.
The Shooting Federation decided that the payment of the Olympic prize money was urgent and decided to use the promotion fund.