July 27, 2024

AP PHOTOS: The Paris Olympics are underway. Here's a look at Day 1

Olympic athletes in Paris dried themselves off after Friday night's soggy-but-celebratory opening ceremony and got to business on Saturday.

AP News, Associated Press

Loran de Munck, of Netherlands, competes on the parallel bars during a men's artistic gymnastics qualification round at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sideris Tasiadis of Germany competes in the men's canoe single heats during the canoe slalom at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Vaires-sur-Marne, France. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Fiji's Selesitino Ravutaumada goes over the line to score a try during the men's semifinal Rugby Sevens match between Fiji and Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, France, Saturday, July 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Spectators from Metz, France, wear hats decorated in the colors of the French flag as they watch the men's cycling time trial event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Asher Hong of the United States performs on the vault during a men's artistic gymnastics qualification round at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Haiyang Qin, of China, competes during a heat in the men's 100-meter breaststroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)ASSOCIATED PRESS

China's Lihao Sheng shoots during the men's 10m air rifle pre-event training at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Chateauroux, France. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Brazil's Carlos Parros and his horse Safira during the Equestrian Eventing Dressage competition, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Versailles, France. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)ASSOCIATED PRESS

China's Chen Yiwen and Chang Yani compete in the women's synchronised 3m springboard diving final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Thailand's Jutamas Jitpong, left, exchanges punches with Serbia's Sara Cirkovic in their women's 54 kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Britain's Ben Lane, left, and Sean Vendy play against Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik during their men's doubles badminton group stage match at Porte de la Chapelle Arena during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)ASSOCIATED PRESS

The women's 49erFX skiff class fleet races during practice during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Marseille, France. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Spain's Laura Martinez Abelenda, left, and Kazakhstan's Abiba Abuzhakynova compete during their women's -48 kg quarterfinal match in team judo competition at Champ-de-Mars Arena during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Aaron Grandidier Nkanang of France celebrates after the end of the during the men's semifinal Rugby Sevens match between South Africa and France at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, France, Saturday, July 27, 2024. France won the game 19-5 and advance to the gold medal match. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Akoko Komlanvi, of Togo, competes during the women's rowing single sculls heat at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Vaires-sur-Marne, France. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)ASSOCIATED PRESS

South Korea's Kim Yeji receives a blast of air from a portable fan during the 10m air pistol women's qualification round at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Chateauroux, France. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Swimmers compete during a heat in the men's 100-meter breaststroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Poland's Renata Knapik Miazga, left, and France's Coraline Vitalis compete in the women's individual Epee round of 32 competition during the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Grand Palais, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Uzbekistan fans chant in the stands before the men's group C match between Uzbekistan and Egypt, at La Beaujoire Stadium, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Nantes, France. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chloe Dygert, of United States, gets ready to start the women's cycling time trial event, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sharon Kantor of Israel foils during the women's iQFOiL windsurfing class practice for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Marseille, France. Competition in sailing begins on Sunday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)ASSOCIATED PRESS

United States' Steve Tomasin, left, exchanges shorts with Argentina's Rodrigo Isgro after the end of the men's 7-8 Placing Rugby Sevens match between Argentina and the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, France, Saturday, July 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Juliette Labous, of France, is seen through a spectator's umbrella while competing in the women's cycling time trial event, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Olympic athletes in Paris dried themselves off after Friday night's soggy-but-celebratory opening ceremony and got to business on Saturday.

China won the first gold medal Games when Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao beat South Korea’s Keum Jihyeon and Park Hajun in the final of the 10-meter air rifle mixed team event.

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Thirteen gold medals were handed out, with many more to come.

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