<p>France: China's Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao won the first gold medal of the Paris Games on Saturday in the 10 metres air rifle mixed team event.</p><p>Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun of South Korea claimed silver and Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev of Kazakhstan were awarded bronze.</p><p>Three years after Yang Qian and Yang Haoran won the gold in Tokyo, compatriots Huang and Sheng made sure China retained it.</p>.Olympics 2024 | South Korea expresses regret after its athletes introduced as North Korea at opening ceremony.<p>The reigning world champions topped the qualifying round ahead of their Korean rivals at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre.</p><p>The gold medal round was not really a cakewalk though despite them racing to a 14-8 lead after the first 11 shots.</p><p>Keum and Park staged a late comeback to reduce the gap at 14-12 but the Chinese pair prevailed 16-12 in the end.</p><p>Le and Satpayev gave Kazakhstan their first medal of the Paris Games with a 17-5 romp against the German pair of Anna Janssen and Maximilian Ulbrich.</p>
<p>France: China's Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao won the first gold medal of the Paris Games on Saturday in the 10 metres air rifle mixed team event.</p><p>Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun of South Korea claimed silver and Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev of Kazakhstan were awarded bronze.</p><p>Three years after Yang Qian and Yang Haoran won the gold in Tokyo, compatriots Huang and Sheng made sure China retained it.</p>.Olympics 2024 | South Korea expresses regret after its athletes introduced as North Korea at opening ceremony.<p>The reigning world champions topped the qualifying round ahead of their Korean rivals at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre.</p><p>The gold medal round was not really a cakewalk though despite them racing to a 14-8 lead after the first 11 shots.</p><p>Keum and Park staged a late comeback to reduce the gap at 14-12 but the Chinese pair prevailed 16-12 in the end.</p><p>Le and Satpayev gave Kazakhstan their first medal of the Paris Games with a 17-5 romp against the German pair of Anna Janssen and Maximilian Ulbrich.</p>