Kim Ye-ji, Olympic Silver Medalist, Takes Break from Shooting Career Amidst Malicious Comments

Malicious comments are said to have had a bigger impact than child care on Paris 2024 Olympic silver medalist Kim Ye-ji’s (32) decision to end her contract with her team early and quit her career as an athlete at this time.

On the 6th, Kim Ye-ji’s agency, Flipil, said in a press release, “Kim Ye-ji has terminated her contract with her team, Imsil Shire Office,” and “After the Sports Festival National last month, no more. competitions scheduled to participate this year, and next year’s season starting in April “I canceled the contract early because I was considering starting again,” he said.

Kim Ye-ji said through her agency, “As an Olympic medalist, I will take a break from my tour and spend time with my child now and focus on my role as a mother.”

However, contrary to Kim Ye-ji’s explanation that she would focus on raising her children, it was reported that the main reason for the suspension of operations was malicious comments directed at her.

After the Olympics in Paris, Kim Ye-ji took an active part in outside activities by appearing in pictures and advertisements with the intention of promoting shooting, neutral sports, and critical opinions were related to this up quickly.

An official from Kim Ye-ji’s agency told CBS Nocut News, “The reason why Kim Ye-ji decided to take a break from her career as an athlete was not necessarily because of raising children ,” and added, “Kim Ye-ji suffered. many from malicious ideas. “For this reason, I think I decided I needed a break,” he said.

He went on to say, “Despite her appearance, Kim Ye-ji is very soft,” he added, “There were many people who supported her, but there were also many people who gave her a hard time, start with people who asked. borrow money through social media DMs (direct messages).

Kim Ye-ji’s agency said, “After a break, she plans to prepare for a bigger leap forward,” but could not specify the time.

Kim Ye-ji qualified for and registered for the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup Final held in New Delhi, India from the 13th to the 18th of last month, but for for some reason, she notified her team and the Korea Shooting Federation of her intention to withdraw from participation.

Kim Ye-ji said, “I hope you will think of this break as a process to further develop as a shooting athlete,” and added, “The time for my return is not the same.” -close, but I will do my best to return as soon as possible. possible.”

Immediately after winning the silver medal in the 10m air pistol shooting event at the Paris Olympics, Yeji Kim posted on social media a video showing a person putting down a gun to the leg attracted attention.

In particular, the owner of X and CEO of Tesla Elon Musk said on the video, saying, “There is no need to cancel it. “Let’s cast him in an action movie,” he said, garnering even more attention. Because of this connection, he was chosen as the first ambassador of Tesla Korea in Korea.

In addition, Kim Ye-ji has actively participated in activities to raise awareness about the shooting, including photo shoots for several luxury brands such as Givenchy and Louis Vuitton and famous fashion magazines, and makes a cameo appearance as a killer in a movie trailer.