Olympics | Day 1: China claims first two golds of Paris 2024, Australia off to good start in swimming

Paris 2024 Olympics - Shooting - 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Victory Cer. - Chateauroux Shooting Centre, Dols, France - July 27, 2024. Gold medallists Yuting Huang (L) of China and Lihao Sheng of China pose with their medals. - Reuters

PARIS (Xinhua): After Friday night's opening ceremony on the River Seine, Chinese athletes clinched the first two gold medals of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in shooting and diving respectively, on Saturday, while Australia seized two out of the four swimming gold medals on offer.

China's young shooters Huang Yuting, 17, and Sheng Lihao, 19, defeated South Korea's Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun in the 10m air rifle mixed team event to secure the Games' first gold medal.