Viral South Korean Olympic shooter Kim Ye-ji collapses at press conference

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South Korean Olympic silver medallist pistol shooter Kim Ye-ji, whose cool demeanour and appearance when competing at the Paris Games made her a social media sensation, collapsed at a news conference on Friday, apparently due to stress and exhaustion.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/q4x3L  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00South Korea's Olympic silver medalist Kim Ye-ji collapsed during a press conference

00:10but recovered shortly after on Friday.

00:13The 31-year-old had apparently suffered from convulsion, shocking those who were present

00:18at the Jeonbuk shooting range in Imsil County at about 11 a.m.

00:23An official said Kim regained consciousness and had been taken to hospital.

00:28He said Kim did not receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation, as reported by some media outlets.

00:35He said Kim would be hospitalized for observation until she had recovered fully.

00:40He said Kim was likely exhausted and stressed after participating in the Paris Olympic Games,

00:46where she won the silver medal in the women's 10-meter air pistol event.

00:51She became a social media sensation after footage and photos of her posing with futuristic

00:57glasses and her cool shooting style went viral, earning her the nickname the Smiling Assassin.

01:04Elon Musk, who owns social media platform X, had quipped that Kim should be cast in

01:10an action movie.

01:12On her return home from Paris on Wednesday, Kim thanked Musk for making her and the sport

01:17famous worldwide.

01:27I'm so grateful to all of you.

01:32First of all, I was so overwhelmed that I didn't even think about it.

01:37I think it's all thanks to Elon Musk.

01:42Thank you so much.

01:45Shooting is such a fascinating sport.

01:49I think you guys didn't know about it until now.

01:54I hope many people know about this opportunity.

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