According to a report by Overseas Network citing South Korea's Chosun Ilbo on August 19, South Korean female shooting athlete Kim Ye-ji, who became famous for her "cold face", signed a contract with a brokerage company on the 18th. The company said it would support Kim Ye-ji's pa

According to Overseas Network, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo reported on August 19 that Kim Ye-ji, a South Korean female shooting athlete who became famous for her "cold face", signed a contract with a brokerage company on the 18th.

The company said it would support Kim Ye-ji's participation in domestic and foreign events. Korean media also said that Kim Ye-ji can appear in variety shows, movies and TV series to promote shooting sports.

Kim Ye-ji was born in 1992 and is a South Korean shooting athlete. On July 28, 2024, Kim Ye-ji won the runner-up in the women's 10-meter air pistol at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and another South Korean player Oh Ye-jin won the championship.

Champion Oh Ye-jin of South Korea (middle), runner-up South Korea's Kim Ye-ji (left) and third-runner-up India's Bakker took a group photo at the award ceremony (Source: Xinhua News Agency)

At the Olympics, wearing black clothes, lowering the brim of the hat, expressionless Kim Ye Ji caught the attention of netizens.

Kim Yizhi was at the Olympic Games on July 28 (Source: Xinhua News Agency)

In a video shot in May this year, Jin Yizhi was participating in the Shooting World Cup in Azerbaijan. At that time, she was wearing a black hat behind her back, holding a gun in her right hand, and her left hand in her pocket , shoot calmly throughout. Especially after taking the last shot, Jin Yezhi checked the air gun and target in his hand expressionlessly, then he looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh of relief, turned around and left. In this competition, Jin Yizhi broke the 25-meter air pistol world record. When the result appeared on the big screen, she could not see any emotional fluctuations, just like a cold "female killer" in an action movie.

htmlDuring the May competition (Source: Overseas Network)

Kim Ye-ji’s posture with one hand in her pocket, the punk-style goggles on her face, and her steel-like concentration triggered fans to follow suit on various social platforms.

htmlIn the May competition (Source: Overseas Network)

According to the British "Guardian" report on July 31, this video received 7 million views within a few days. Another "domineering" photo of her competing was also liked more than 300,000 times. Even American billionaire Musk said "she should star in an action movie." Fashion magazine "GQ" called Kim Ye-ji the first "breakthrough star" of this Olympics, "as if she came from the sci-fi world of cyberpunk."

htmlDuring the competition in May (Source: Overseas Network)

But in fact, Jin Yizhi did not act as "cold" as on camera. When interviewed by the media, talking about losing to her teammate Wu Yizhen who was 12 years younger than her in the Olympics, she said : “She is like my little sister and I was so happy when she won the gold medal."

Jimu News Comprehensive Overseas Network, Global Times

(Source: Jimu News)