China won the first gold medal of the 2024 Olympic Games on Saturday.
Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao won the medal in 10-meter air rifle mixed team event.
Huang and Sheng opened up an early four-point lead against South Korea’s Keum Jihyeon and Park Hajun in the head-to-head for the gold medal and stayed ahead from there to win 16-12.
China also won the event three years ago in Tokyo, when Yang Qian and Yang Haoran took the gold medal as team air rifle shooting made its debut on the Olympic program.
Yang Qian also won the first gold medal of those Games, which was in the individual 10-meter air rifle event.
She had to receive her medal in a mask because of the pandemic restrictions in place at the time. – PNO Sports
