ISSF, Choi Ye-in, who was unable to participate, received a fair medal... Shooting Federation pays rewards

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-han = Choi Ye-in (Joo Yeop-go), who was unable to participate in the World Championships due to an administrative error by the Korea Shooting Federation, receives the 'Fairness Medal' from the International Shooting Federation (ISSF).

The Korea Shooting Federation announced on the 7th that the ISSF decided to award Choi Ye-in a letter of consolation from President Luciano Rossi and a fair medal.

Choi Ye-in was scheduled to compete in the women's 10m air rifle event at the World Championships held in Doha, Qatar on the 3rd, but was unable to stand on the shooting range due to missing registration from the federation.

The federation estimated that player information was entered into the online registration system and not saved. Additional registration was requested locally, but it was not accepted because the participation list had been confirmed.

Due to this mistake, Choi Ye-in's participation in the women's 10m air rifle team event was cancelled. At the same time, the challenge of Ban Hyo-jin (Daegu Public Facilities Management Corporation) and Kwon Eun-ji (Uljin County Office), who were supposed to participate in this event together with him, to win the team event was in vain. In the team competition, the rankings are determined by adding up the final scores of the three players from each country.

The Qatar Shooting Federation decided to specially award honorary gold medals to these three athletes. Choi Ye-in will also receive a personal letter from the president of the Qatar Shooting Federation, a certificate of participation, and a commemorative coin.

The Korea Shooting Federation takes responsibility for the loss of the opportunity to participate in the team event and pays a total of 25 million won in reward money, equivalent to a gold medal at the World Championships, to the three athletes and the leader. A total of 20 million won is given to the players and 5 million won to the coaches.

ISSF is also working to improve the registration system. ISSF Secretary General Alessandro Nicotra di San Giacomo promised improvements to prevent recurrence, saying in a local meeting with the Korea Shooting Federation that they are investigating the entire system, including log records.

Kang Ye-sul, president of the Korea Shooting Federation, said, "We deeply apologize to the athlete, his family, and shooting fans for the fact that Choi Ye-in was unable to stand on the stage she had worked so hard to prepare due to the fault of the federation. We will fundamentally strengthen our international business capabilities by recruiting experts with extensive experience in international competition operation and international affairs. We will set up our administrative system to prevent something like this from happening again."