First day of Paris Olympics competitions
(VOVWORLD) -Team China won the first gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics Saturday morning (local time) after Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao finished first in the 10-meter air rifle mixed team event. The silver medal went to the South Korean team and Kazakhstan shooters earned bronze medal.
 Hoang Thi Tinh lost to strong rival Oumaima Bedioui of Tunisia in the first round of the women's 48kg class in judo competition. Photo: IJF |
On Saturday, Vietnam’s Pham Thi Hue debuted in the rowing qualifying round’s women's single sculls heat. She finished fourth in 8 minutes 3 seconds 84. The Vietnamese rower will compete in the repechage on Sunday. The repechage offers athletes who were knocked out in the early rounds a second chance to qualify for later matches.
Meanwhile, judoka Hoang Thi Tinh was eliminated from the Paris Olympics after losing 0-1 to reigning African champion Oumaima Bedioui of Tunisia in the the women's 48kg category.