Shooting: China won the first medal of Paris Olympics by defeating the Korean pair in the 10 meter rifle mixed team. While Kazakhstan defeated them and won the bronze medal.

Chinese shooters taking aim in the 10 meter rifle mixed team.

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Paris Olympics 2024: The Paris Olympics started on Saturday. At the same time, now China has won the first gold medal of this mega event. China won the first medal of the Paris Olympics by defeating the Korean pair in the 10 meter rifle mixed team. At the same time, the first medal was won by Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan won the bronze medal by defeating Germany in the 10 meter rifle mixed team.

The pair of Chinese shooters Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao were also on top in the qualification round. Apart from this, this pair is also the world champion of this event. 19-year-old Huang Yuting and 17-year-old Sheng Lihao displayed excellent shooting. On the other hand, South Korea's Keum Jihyon and Hajun Park had to settle for silver. Let us tell you that this is Huang Yuting's second medal in the Olympics. At the age of 17, Sheng Lihao has now won gold medals in almost all events. Apart from this, he also achieved the feat of winning three gold medals in the Asian Games last year.

At the same time, Kazakhstan's pair Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev won the bronze medal in this event. This pair defeated the German pair in the bronze medal match. Earlier, Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev had qualified for this match with 630.8 points. However, the bronze medal match was one-sided. The German pair of Anna Jansen and Maximilian Ulbrich lost 17-5. It is interesting to note that all three medals in the 10 meter air rifle mixed team event were won by Asian countries.