The 10m air rifle pairing of Yuting Huang and Lihao Sheng won the first gold medal of the Paris Olympics, bringing the first gold medal in the ongoing Paris Olympics. 

The Chinese duo trumped Republic of Korea’s Keum Jih-yeon-Park Ha-jun 16-12 at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre in Saturday's gold-medal match. China and Korea had also finished in the first and second spots of the qualification round earlier in the day.

Meanwhile, the first medal in the ongoing Olympics was won by Kazakhstan. This is Kazakhstan’s first Olympic medal in shooting since 1996! The mixed 10m rifle pair of Alexandre Le and Islam Satpayev claimed the first medals of Paris 2024!

India’s 10m air rifle mixed team duos of Ramita Jindal-Arjun Babuta and Sandeep Singh-Elavenil Valarivan failed to make it to the medal rounds of their event at the Chateauroux shooting range on Saturday