Korean men's shooting team wins silver medal in standard pistol team event at World Championships

The Korean men's shooting team won a silver medal in the 25m standard pistol team event at the 2026 International Shooting Federation (ISSF) Doha World Championships.

The national team, consisting of Lee Kun-hyuk (Daegu Public Facilities Management Corporation), Hong Seok-jin (KB Kookmin Bank), and So Seung-seop (Seosan City Hall), ranked second with a total of 1,700 points (38 out of 10) in the team event held in Doha, Qatar on the 8th (local time).

Latvia won the gold medal with 1,703 points, and Ukraine won the bronze medal with 1,697 points.

It was a fierce competition, with a difference of 3 points between 1st and 3rd place.

The 25m standard pistol is a sport in which 5 shots are fired four times within time limits of 150 seconds, 20 seconds, and 10 seconds, for a total of 60 shots.

Korea scored 559 points in the 10-second shot, which was the shortest time, ahead of Latvia (550 points) and Ukraine (553 points), and was evenly matched in the 150-second shot with 580 points.

Lee Geon-hyuk, who posted the highest score in the team, ranked 6th in the individual competition with 571 points, including hitting 96 and 97 points in a 10-second shot.

Lee Geon-hyuk, who won two gold medals (individual and team) in the 25m rapid fire pistol at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in October, said, "I aimed to win because it was a strong event, but I was disappointed with the silver medal," and added, "It was difficult to control my condition because the Asian Games were followed by the National Sports Festival and the World Championships."

Hong Seok-jin, who shot 197 points in the 150-second shot and ranked 12th in the individual event with 565 points, pledged, "I will gain experience and aim for a gold medal at the Daegu World Championships next year."

The eldest brother, So Seung-seop, who ranked 15th in the individual event with 564 points, won his third medal of the competition (2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal) with a silver medal in the team event.

The individual gold medal went to Kevin Chapon (France), who scored 578 points.

Pablo Korostilow (Ukraine, 576 points) and Sampo Butilainen (Finland, 574 points) shared the silver and bronze medals, respectively.