London, England – Kim Jangmi of the South Korea set an Olympic record in the qualification round and then held off China's Chen Ying to win gold in the women's 25-meter pistol event Wednesday.
Kim posted a score of 591 to set a new qualification mark and finished with a total score of 792.4 to beat Chen by a point. The South Korean already holds the total score record in this discipline, having set that standard at the London world cup event in April.
"Before leaving Korea my target was gold," said Kim. "I feel so fortunate I was able to keep that promise."
Chen picked up her second Olympic medal. She won this event four years ago in Beijing.
Olena Kostevych claimed bronze with a score of 788.6. The Ukrainian has two medals here, having won bronze in the women's 10-meter air pistol.
Sandra Uptagrafft of the United States failed to qualify for the final round and finished in 28th place.
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