At 15:30 on July 29, Beijing time, the women's 10-meter air rifle final of the 2024 Paris Olympics began. In the competition, 17-year-old China's Huang Yuting was overtaken by 16-year-old Korea's Pan Hyo-jin after leading in the first two rounds of the knockout round, and tied the overall score in the final round and equalled Yang Qian's record set at the Tokyo Olympics. In the end, after the extra round, Huang Yuting won the silver medal with a difference of 0.1 rings. Pan Xiaozhen won the gold medal and the Switzerland player won the bronze medal.
In the women's 10-meter air rifle individual qualification match held in Paris on the morning of the 28th, Huang Yuting hit 632.6 rings, ranked fourth and qualified for the final. Another Chinese player, Han Jiayu, hit 628.1 rings, ranked 16th, and missed the final. 16-year-old Korea's Pan Hyo-jin won the first place in the qualifying round with a record-breaking result in the Olympic qualifying round.
The final format is divided into two phases, the first stage is a regular 10-round shooting, divided into two groups of 5 shots. At the end of the first stage, the competition goes to the knockout round, where the last player is eliminated after every two shots.
In the first set of five shots, Huang Yuting was in good shape, hitting 10.5 rings, 10.4 rings, 10.6 rings, 10.9 rings and 10.6 rings, temporarily ranking first with 53.0 rings. However, Switzerland's Gogna and Korea's Pan Hyo-jin are also in excellent form, with only a 0.1 ring gap between the three.
In the five shots of the second group, Huang Yuting still played steadily, hitting 10.8 rings, 10.4 rings, 10.5 rings, 10.0 rings and 10.8 rings, and continued to rank first with a total score of 105.5 rings, with a gap of 0.7 rings with the second place Korea's Pan Hyo-jin.
In the first round of the knockout round, Huang Yuting played 10.2 rings and 10.8 rings to continue to rank first with a 0.9 ring advantage, and Norway's Duesta was eliminated. In the second round, Huang Yuting played 10.5 rings and 10.6 rings, Pan Xiaozhen played 10.9 rings and 10.6 rings, and Huang Yuting's lead narrowed to 0.5 rings. India's Ramita was eliminated.
In the third round, Huang Yuting played 10.7 rings and 10.3 rings, and Pan Xiaozhen played 10.7 rings and 10.9 rings, overtaking Huang Yuting by 0.1 rings and rising to the first place, and Kazakhstan's Alexandra was eliminated. In the fourth round, Huang Yuting played 10.5 rings and 10.7 rings, Pan Xiaozhen played 10.6 rings and 10.7 rings, and continued to beat Huang Yuting to rank first with a 0.2 ring advantage, and France's Muller was eliminated.
In the fifth round, Huang Yuting played 10.7 rings and 10.4 rings, and Pan Xiaozhen played two 10.5 rings, continuing to lead Huang Yuting with a 0.1 ring advantage. United States' Maddalena was eliminated and finished fourth. Pan Xiaozhen, Huang Yuting and Switzerland's Gogna are confirmed to finish on the podium. In the sixth round, Huang Yuting's form was up and down, hitting 10.5 rings and 9.6 rings, and Pan Xiaozhen played 10.7 rings and 10.6 rings to extend the lead against Huang Yuting to 1.3 rings, and Switzerland's Goña ranked third and won the bronze medal.
The seventh round is the competition for gold medals between Huang Yuting and Pan Xiaozhen, Pan Xiaozhen played 9.9 rings and 9.6 rings, Huang Yuting played 10.3 rings and 10.5 rings, the two tied with a score of 251.8 rings, and jointly tied the Olympic record set by Yang Qian in the last Olympic Games! In the play-off session, the two decided the winner through one shot, Pan Xiaozhen scored 10.4 rings, and Huang Yuting scored 10.3 rings. In the end, Huang Yuting lost to Pan Xiaozhen by 0.1 rings and won the silver medal.