China wins Paris Olympics' 1st gold medal; defeat South Korea in shooting competition

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China’s Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao picked up the first gold medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday as they topped South Korea’s Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun in the 10-meter air rifle mixed team, 16-12.

It’s China’s 68th medal in the sport of shooting and 27th gold medal. It was Huang’s first medal in the sport and Sheng’s second medal. Sheng won a silver medal in the 10-meter air rifle at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

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Sheng Lihao L and Huang Yuting of China pose for photos after the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Gold Medal Match of Shooting at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Shan Yuqi/Xinhua via Getty Images)

The Chinese pair’s win in Paris followed their gold medal victory in the World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan last year.

It’s the first Olympic medals for the South Korean pair. Keum won a gold medal in the women’s 10-meter air rifle at the World Cup earlier this year.

Kazakhstan’s Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev were awarded the first medals of the Paris Olympics on Saturday as they defeated Germany’s Anna Janssen and Maximilian Ulbrich for bronze.

The Kazakhstan team won the match 17-5. Le and Satpayey topped Great Britain’s Seonaid McIntosh and Michael Bargeron on Thursday.

Kazakhstan's Alexandra Le and Kazakhstan's Islam Satpayev compete in the shooting 10m air rifle mixed team Bronze Medal during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on July 29, 2024.  (ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)

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