Park Ha-jun and Geum Ji-hyun win silver medals in the 10m mixed air rifle event. Korea’s first medal in Chateauroux, a city in central France The home of French shooters
The shooting event, which won the first medal for the Korean team at the 2024 Paris Olympics, was held in Chateauroux, about 300km away from Paris.
Although the Olympics are held in Paris, France, not all the event venues are located in Paris.
Surfing is held in Teahufu, Tahiti, French Polynesia, a whopping 15,706km away from Paris, and it takes 22 hours by plane and there is an 11-hour time difference.
Shooting also takes about 2 hours and 30 minutes by train from Paris to Chateauroux.
However, it actually takes longer to get to the viewing seats at the Chateauroux Shooting Center.
The 10m air rifle mixed event, which announced the start of the shooting schedule at this competition, was shot at 9 a.m. local time.
Most shooting events start early, so if you want to watch this event in Paris, you have to take the first train from Austerlitz Station at 5:37 a.m. Once you get off at Chateauroux Station around 9 a.m., you have to take a special shuttle to the shooting center. Chateauroux, the capital of the Indre department in the Centre-Val-de-Loire region of central France, is a historic city with 1,000 years of history since the medieval feudal era. It is known for its historical and cultural heritage, including three medieval castles, and for its abundant green space and beautiful natural scenery. The Chateauroux Shooting Center, which opened in 2018, was built by the French Shooting Federation in 2012 on the site of the former military base, La Martinerie. In fact, the inside of the shooting center is more like a military facility than a stadium. It is equipped with facilities to hold shooting competitions of all types, including shooting, pistol, clay, and running target. It is usually open not only to athletes but also to general shooting clubs and individual members. As expected from a military facility, the Chateauroux Shooting Center requires multiple security checks to reach the stadium. Reporters also had to take a media-only bus prepared by the organizing committee at Chateauroux Station, go through a security checkpoint, and then ride an electric cart to enter once more. Reporters who left their accommodations at 4 a.m. were finally able to sit in the press box at Chateauroux Shooting Center after five hours. Fortunately, the long distance from Paris was worth it when Park Ha-jun (KT) and Geum Ji-hyun (Gyeonggi Provincial Office) won silver medals that day, giving the Korean team its first medal. Meanwhile, the Korean shooting team, which got off to a good start with a silver medal in the 10m air rifle mixed event, will challenge for an additional medal in the finals of the 10m air pistol men’s and women’s events on the 28th. Lee Won-ho (KB Kookmin Bank), Oh Ye-jin (IBK Industrial Bank), and Kim Ye-ji (Imsil County Office) advanced to the finals. 토토사이트