Is Kim, a 31-year-old South Korean pistol shooter, the coolest Paris 2024 Olympian? Her bob haircut, cyberpunk shooter glasses with a black left eye cover and a lens over the right eye, and carrying her daughter's elephant plushie as a good luck charm, gave her an assassin-like or movie action star look.
She gained fans like Hideo Kojima and Elon Musk, with the latter suggesting she star in an action movie without needing to act.
Kim won a silver medal in the women's 10-meter air pistol event. Her teammate and close friend Oh Ye-jin won gold with a world record score.
Their success reflects South Korea's dominance in shooting events at the Olympics since 2000.
Kim now aims to win a gold medal in her next event, the 25-meter pistol women's final on August 2.
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