"I was so upset I cried." The fallout from the shocking '0-point' mistake in shooting: a sea of tears for 女 women's 25m pistol [Toyota]

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Athletes from South Korea's Kwon Chong (CEO) women's shooting team shed tears of regret at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya (Japan) Asian Games women's 25m event. Although they secured a valuable silver medal in the team competition, they fell short of their expected target score. In particular, Yang Ji-in, who made a critical mistake, cried every time she mentioned her error, while her teammates Bong Seo-rin and Oh Ye-jin, who tried to comfort her, also could not hold back their tears.

Bong Seo-rin, Yang Ji-in, and Oh Ye-jin won the silver medal in the women's 25m pistol team event at the competition held on the 28th at the Toyota Comprehensive Shooting Range in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The team medals were determined by combining the athletes' scores from yesterday's rapid fire and today's standard fire. South Korea scored a combined total of 1,735 points, securing second place behind China (1,743 points) to claim the silver medal.

While the silver medal in the team event was certainly a valuable result, it was also a performance that left the athletes with lingering regret. They had aimed higher than just a silver medal. Moreover, because the result stemmed from a shocking '0-point' mistake rather than a tight competition, the sense of regret was even greater.

Yang Ji-in, a strong gold medal contender, faced a massive setback when her 21st shot in the rapid fire round on this day was fired late and recorded as zero points. She had been the gold medalist in this event at the 2024 Paris Olympics and had finished first in yesterday's main round standard fire. This painful mistake ultimately led to her failure to advance to the individual final, which also affected the team scores that are calculated by summing up the athletes' records.

Yang Ji-in burst into tears immediately after failing to advance to the final. Although she managed to smile brightly for a moment by performing her prepared ceremony during the team medal presentation, she struggled to compose herself when meeting with reporters after the ceremony ended. From her very first answer, "I am extremely grateful that we won a silver medal despite my mistake," Yang Ji-in was in tears.

During the subsequent press conference, she also explained the situation: "Because I made a mistake, the scene of my error remains vivid in my memory. It was a time-over situation where one shot did not fire. I fired after three seconds, so the score was not recognized." She added, "Since yesterday's (27th) results were not bad, I had a strong desire to perform exceptionally well. Next time, I will build up my mental strength so that such mistakes do not happen again and show you a better performance."

Yang Ji-in's tears also flowed into those of Bong Seo-rin, the 'eldest sister' who was the only one to advance to the final, and Oh Ye-jin, who competed alongside her. Whenever Yang Ji-in cried during the interview, they tried their best to comfort her, and in the process, both Bong Seo-rin and Oh Ye-jin shed tears as well.

Bong Seo-rin, who finished eighth alone in the final, said, "I prepared with great enjoyment. I trusted my younger teammates, and it seems they trusted me and did this for me. I am grateful that they performed well, and I want to tell them they did a good job. I am so happy that we won the silver medal." She also added, "After the competition, we patted each other on the back and exchanged words of encouragement. We told each other that we had worked hard."

Oh Ye-jin also said, "I may not have shown as good a performance as you expected, but I tried my best in my own way," adding, "I have gained the mindset that there is a path forward for me to improve. I am so grateful, and I will do my best to become the 'Oh Ye-jin who is known' by those who helped me."

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