Yang and Liu Announced as ISSF Athletes of the Year 2024.
Awards
Yang Ji-in from South Korea and Liu Yukun from China were named the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Athletes of the Year 2024 during the ISSF World Cup Final Opening Ceremony on 14th October 2024, held at Dr Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, New Delhi, India.
- Yang is a 21-year-old South Korean sport shooter who won a gold medal in the women's 25m pistol at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games held in France.
- She also won gold medals in the 25m pistol event at the 2024 Asian Rifle/Pistol Championships in Jakarta and the 2024 ISSF World Cup in Baku.
- Liu Yukun is a Chinese sport shooter and Olympic champion. He set an Olympic record with a score of 594 in qualification and won a gold medal in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions final at the Paris 2024 Olympics with a score of 463.6.
Main Points:- (i) Yang Ji-in from South Korea has been named the female ISSF Athlete of the Year 2024.
(ii) Liu Yukun from China has been named the male ISSF Athlete of the Year 2024.
About International Shooting Sport Federation
President- Luciano Rossi
Headquarters - Munich, Germany
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