South Korean shooter Kim Jong-hyun won silver in the men's 50m rifle prone at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Friday.
Kim scored 208.2 points in the final at the Olympic Shooting Centre, finishing second to Henri Junghaenel of Germany, who set a new Olympic record with 209.5 points.
Kirill Grigoryan of Russia took the bronze medal with 187.3 points.
This is South Korea's second shooting medal in Rio and also Kim's second carer Olympic medal. He also won silver in the 50m rifle three positions at the 2012 London Olympics.
Kim shot to first place after the opening series, and stayed near the top all the way through. After the seventh series, Junghaenel was in the lead with 168.0 points, with Grigoryan (167.5) and Kim (166.6) trailing him.
Junghaenel stayed at the top by reaching 188.4 points with his next two shots, and Kim pulled into a tie with Grigoryan at 187.3 points.
The two got into a shoot-off to determine who would remain in the race for gold. Kim came through with a perfect 10.9, while Grigoryan could only manage a 9.7 to settle for third place.
Junghaenel all but clinched the gold medal with a 10.7 on his penultimate shot, while Kim scored a 10.1 to fall behind by 1.7 points. Kim hit a 10.8 with his final shot, but it wasn't enough to overtake the German, who closed out with a 10.4 to set the Olympic record. (Yonhap)