It is unclear whether netizens are crazy about South Korean sniper Kim Ye-ji, or whether everyone wants to be South Korean sniper Kim Ye-ji.
The Olympian, who won a silver medal in the women’s 10m air pistol at the 2024 Paris Olympics, didn’t break a sweat or even smile, which is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen in my life. With her short, strict bob haircut, glasses that must have been made for this sport, gun in hand, and stuffed elephant on her hip, she looks like an assassin. The 31-year-old is wearing a “cyborg uniform” that GQ described as “the one that has captured the hearts of the nerdiest online audiences.”
According to South Korean news outlet Insight, she has a 5-year-old daughter and used to carry a small stuffed elephant around her waist as a good luck charm.
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In response, fancams and videos trending on Twitter posed questions like, “Why does the United States have the Second Amendment if we can’t win an Olympic shooting competition? We’re doing much better with guns in countries with far more reasonable gun laws and far fewer gun deaths.”
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Kim won the silver medal while her teammate, 19-year-old Oh Ye-jin, took the gold medal. Kim appeared dispassionate on stage but was ecstatic when she congratulated Oh on her victory.
“She is like my youngest sibling and I always want to take care of her and be there for her, so I was very happy when she won the gold medal,” Kim said. He told the Associated Press“I don’t think of her as a rival. The Olympics is a big stage, and we won gold and silver. When we won the medals, we felt very proud to be Korean. I didn’t think it mattered who won the gold medal.”
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Ready for a movie or video game.
