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China snatches first Olympic gold in first full day of sporting
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7/27/2024
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Perhaps unsurprisingly it's Olympic powerhouses China that have secured the first gold medal of
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these games. Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao finished ahead of their South Korean and Kazakh opponents
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in the air rifle mixed team event in Chateauroux. Huang and Sheng opened up an early four-point
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lead against their Korean counterparts in the head-to-head for the gold medal and stayed ahead
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from there to win 16-12. Incredibly they're both still teenagers. Huang is only 17 and Sheng 19.
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China also won the event three years ago in Tokyo as team air rifle shooting made its debut
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and you'll never guess who won the second gold medal of the games. Yes that's right China again.
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Chang Yanni and Chen Yuen lived up to the diving hype in the women's synchronized three-meter
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springboard final to take the top prize. The Chinese duo who have won the last three three-meter
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synchronous world titles together beat the USA pair of Sarah Bacon and Cassidy Cook. The Great
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Britains Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen in bronze. The British pairing snatched the medal
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in dramatic circumstances with Australia faltering on their final dive to drop from third to fifth
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overall. Well China certainly has been dominating the first day of the games so far Leo. They are
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but I'll show you a very early medal table anyway if I can. The only other country than China to
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win gold is Australia with Grace Brown putting on a masterclass in the women's road race. GB's Anna
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Henderson claims silver with Chloe Daggett of the US taking a bronze. You can see the effect that
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has had on the medal table. GB are in third with one silver one bronze. Australia bunking themselves
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up to second there and of course China dominating so far with those two golds. All right thank you
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very much for that.
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