Yang Ji-in, world leader in 25m pistol... Qualification for Olympics by winning 2 consecutive World Championships

Yang Ji-in (Woori Bank), a gold medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics, set a new world record at the 2026 International Shooting Federation (ISSF) Doha World Championships, achieving her second consecutive victory.

Yang Ji-in scored 44 points in the women's 25m pistol final held in Doha, Qatar on the 10th (local time), beating Chinh Thu Vinh (Vietnam, 43 points) by 1 point and winning the gold medal.

The final score of 44 points in this event is a new world record, surpassing the previous world record of 43 points set by Esha Singh (India) at the Munich World Cup last May by one point.

Yang Ji-in, who won two gold medals in the individual and team events at last year's Cairo Games, won her second consecutive individual title at the World Championships and also secured a quota for the 2028 Los Angeles (LA) Olympics.

The right to participate in this year's Olympics is given to countries, not athletes, and Yang Ji-in, who won the right to participate, must also pass the national team selection to participate in the LA Olympics.

Yang Ji-in, who entered the finals in 5th place with 588 points in the two-day finals, was dragged by True to Bean until the seventh series, but hit all 15 shots from the eighth to the tenth series to achieve a dramatic come-from-behind victory.

Third place went to Zhang Yueyue (China) with 34 points.

Yang Ji-in, who missed out on a medal in the final round of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games due to a fatal mistake of not being able to fire a shot due to a time limit, regained her honor and smiled brightly at the World Championships.

Yang Ji-in said, "I was very envious when an unofficial world record was set in a domestic competition, but I am glad that I achieved it myself," and pledged, "I will do my best to ensure that I, not another athlete, can participate in the LA Olympics."

In the women's 25m pistol team event, in which Ji-in Yang, Ye-jin Oh (IBK Industrial Bank), and Da-jeong Nam (Woori Bank) participated, Korea scored 1,748 points and won the silver medal, following India (1,761 points). The bronze medal went to Vietnam (1,745 points).

Yang Ji-in, who won a gold, silver, and bronze medal in this competition in addition to the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol team event held on the 5th, reaffirmed her skills.

Oh Ye-jin, a gold medalist in air pistol at the Paris Olympics, said, "It is meaningful because it is a result of my sisters and I doing our best in each position," and Nam Da-jeong said, "It is a result we achieved thanks to the good work of our team members."

Coach Ma Seo-yoon, who coached the national team, said, "Yang Ji-in's gold medal in the individual event will be a great foundation for growth," but added, "The silver medal in the team event is very disappointing. We will prepare in various ways for the rapid growth of India and Vietnam."