The closely contested finale, held at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre, secured the third gold medal in this sport for the Asian country in the Paris event. Jedrzejewski took home the silver, while Hungary's Veronika Major climbed the podium to claim the bronze.

The competition began with eight shooters, each firing five shots in each of the first three series, where a score of 10.2 or higher was counted as a hit. From the fourth round onwards, the athletes with the lowest scores were progressively eliminated. Yang completed the first three series with 13 out of 15 possible hits, holding a three-point lead over her rivals.

The South Korean maintained the top position until after the seventh series when the gap between her, the French shooter, and India's Manu Bhaker, who were pressing closely, narrowed to a single point. The contest tightened as Bhaker and Major, unable to keep pace with Yang and Jedrzejewski, had to settle for battling each other for the third place, which the Hungarian ultimately secured.

Both the Asian shooter and the host entered the final round of shots with a score of 33-33. In a very close contest, both continued with an identical progression, each hitting four shots, which led to an exciting tiebreaker. In the tiebreaker, Jedrzejewski, victim of inaccuracy, missed three of her four remaining attempts, while Yang, with three hits, secured the title.

"I am happy to raise the national flag of South Korea in the highest position during the medal ceremony," Yang said after her victory. "Now that I have proven I am the number one shooter in the world, I will strive to maintain this position." Yang admitted feeling nervous going into the tiebreaker. "I didn't want to give up first place and see all my hard work go to waste. I kept telling myself that everything would be alright," she confessed.

At 21 years old, Yang has joined the elite ranks of South Korean shooters who have reached the Olympic podium in this shooting discipline with this triumph. The athlete follows in the footsteps of Kim Jang-mi, who won gold in London 2012, and Kim Min-jung, who secured silver in Tokyo 2020.

These Olympic Games have been very successful for the South Korean shooting team, which has already won three gold and two silver medals in Paris, with a few days of competition still to go. So far, these five medals have matched the record set by the Asian country in this sport at the London Olympics.

Yang is part of a group of young South Korean shooters who have shone in Paris. Oh Ye-jin, 19, won the first gold medal in the 10-metre air pistol event, and Ban Hyo-jin, 16, followed with a victory in the 10-metre air rifle event. It was Keum Ji-hyeon who started the medal race with a silver in the 10-metre mixed team air rifle event.

Yang has proven to be one of the most important figures in this sport at an international level. Beyond this Olympic feat, the shooter recently won the Baku World Cup and the Asian Championships, both events held this season. She also won a silver and a bronze at the World Championships in Cairo in 2022.