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South Korea Beats North Korea for 50m pistol gold

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August 12th, 2008 by Brian Ethridge

Tagged as: 2008 Olympics, Olympics


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South Korea’s Jin Jong-oh defeated North Korea’s Kim Jong Su to win the gold medal in men’s 50-meter pistol.

On his final attempt, Jin scored 8.2 of a possible 10.9 points, meaning Kim and Tan each could have won. Tan shot only a 9.2, and Kim shot a 10.5, falling just 0.2 points short of Jin’s total of 660.4.

It was the 2nd time these two Koreans shared the podium at the Beijing Olympics.

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