China’s Sheng Lihao, right, and teammate Huang Yuting compete for the gold medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team final. (Picture Credit: AP)
The Chinese pair of Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao defeated the South Korean team of Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Hajun on Saturday to win the first gold medal of the Paris Olympics 2024.
The Chinese shooting pair of Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao defeated the South Korean team of Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Hajun on Saturday (July 27) to win the first gold medal of the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024. The team from China won the gold medal match of the 10 m air rifle mixed team event by a margin of 16-12.
Earlier in the bronze medal playoff, Kazakhstan’s Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev got the better of the German team of Anna Janssen and Maximilian Ulbrich by a margin of 17-5 to win the first medal of the Paris Olympics 2024.
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Two Indian teams also participated in the event but failed to qualify for the medal rounds. Ramita Jindal and Arjun Babuta finished sixth with a total score of 628.7, while Elavenil Valarivan and Sandeep Singh ended in 12th place with an aggregate score of 626.3.
The duo of Ramita and Arjun Babuta came close and were placed fifth with three shots remaining, but fell 1.0 points short of the medal round cut-off.
Babuta enjoyed a fine start in the second relay and had a sequence that read 10.5, 10.6, 10.5, 10.9, while Ramita managed 10.2, 10.7, 10.3, 10.1 in the second series, their effort taking the team into the top 8.
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