China claimed its first gold medal of the Paris Olympics on Saturday, as rain that dampened the opening ceremony capped the first full day of sporting action.
In the 10m air rifle mixed team final, the teenage duo of Sheng Lihao and Hwang Yuting beat South Korea's Kyum Ji Hyun and Park Ha Joon 16-12, giving Kazakhstan the bronze medal.
Rain had already claimed a toll on sports earlier in the week as the wet weather that affected Friday night's Braves Festival on the River Seine continued to cause headaches.
Paris Olympics organizers said the men's street skateboarding competition, scheduled to take place at the Place de la Concorde in the historic heart of Paris, was postponed until Monday due to overnight rain.
Rain also disrupted play in the opening rounds of tennis at Roland Garros, with no action as of 13:30 local time (1130 GMT) with 10 exposed outside the courts, organizers said.
Heavy rain drenched participants and spectators at Friday's amphibious opening ceremony, where some 7,000 athletes paraded in an armada of boats along the Seine before a show-stopping finale that featured a dazzling light show over the Eiffel Tower. And the song peaked with a performance by Celine Dion. .
The event received largely favorable reviews, with France's centre-right daily Le Figaro describing it as "full of surprises but often disconnected".
However, the International Olympic Committee was forced to apologize for a misunderstanding during the ceremony that saw South Korean athletes mistakenly introduced as North Koreans at the Paris Olympics' grand opening ceremony. .
We deeply apologize for the error that occurred when introducing the South Korean team during the opening ceremony broadcast," the IOC said in a post on its official Korean-language X account.
Elsewhere on the sporting front, swimming, badminton, rowing, cycling, hockey and basketball take place on the French Pacific island of Tahiti, along with surfing competition, some 16,000 kilometers (9,950 mi) away.
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Swimming will take center stage at La Défense Arena for the women's 400m freestyle - one of the most anticipated events of the entire Olympics, featuring three swimmers who hold world records.
Australia's defending champion Ariarne Titmus will dive in as favorite after setting the second-fastest time last month, just behind her own world best of 3min 55.38sec.
She stunned American rival Katie Ledecky in the Electric Tokyo final three years ago, with the American gunning for revenge.
Canada's teenage sensation Summer McIntosh, also a former world record holder, completed the three favourites.
Other gold medals on offer on the first night of action in the pool came in the men's 400m freestyle and the men's and women's 4x100m freestyle relays.
Reigning French Open champions Aiga Svitek and Carlos Alcaraz are among the top draws on the first day of action on the clay courts at Roland Garros - weather permitting.
Women's world number one Svetec is on court for the first time against Romania's Irina Camilia Bego, Alcaraz will follow up against Lebanon's world number 275 Hadi Habib.
But most of the focus will be on the men's doubles, with Alcaraz paired with 14-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal in the Spanish dream pairing.
Chinese shooters Huang Yueting and Sheng Lihao will start as favorites for their first gold of the Games after a dominant victory at the world championships in Baku last year.
Medals will also be presented in the diving pool on Saturday, with the women's synchronized 3m springboard final where another Chinese pair, Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen, are favorites for gold.
The first cycling medals of the Paris Olympics will be decided with men's and women's individual time trials over the challenging 32.4km course.
French rugby fans will flock to the Stade de France to see if Antoine Dupont can lead the host nation to gold in the rugby sevens.
However, France must beat South Africa in Saturday's semi-final to reach the gold medal match against the winner of the second last-four clash between holders Fiji and Australia.
