Paris
\nKazakhstan duo Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev won the first medal of the Olympic Games on Saturday after claiming bronze in the 10-metre mixed team air rifle event.
\nMeanwhile, heavy rain disrupted the first full day of medal action at the Olympics as attention turned to sport after a spectacular but soggy opening ceremony.
\nLe and Satpayev cruised to victory over Germany\u2019s Maximilian Ulbrich and Anna Janssen, outscoring their opponents 17-5.
\nA total of 14 golds are due to be up for grabs, with the first to come in the mixed-team 10-metre air rifle finals, taking place around 10:30 am local time.
\nBut that number was swiftly reduced to 13 early on Saturday as the wet weather which deluged Friday night\u2019s audacious opening ceremony along the River Seine continued to cause headaches.
\nThe men\u2019s street skateboarding competition, due to take place at the Place de la Concorde in the historic heart of Paris, was postponed until Monday due to rain overnight, organisers said.
\nThe spectre of disruption also loomed over the opening rounds of tennis at Roland Garros, where only two of the 12 courts have roofs.
\nTorrential rain had lashed participants and spectators in Friday\u2019s amphibious opening ceremony, where around 7,000 athletes paraded along the Seine in an armada of boats before a show-stopping finale which climaxed with a glittering light show at the Eiffel Tower and a performance from singer Celine Dion.
\nThe ceremony received broadly favourable reviews, with France\u2019s centre-right Le Figaro daily describing it as \u201cfull of surprises but often disjointed.\u201d
\nSwimming duel
\nElsewhere on the sporting front, swimming, badminton, rowing, cycling, hockey and basketball get underway along with the surfing competition, nearly 16,000 kilometres away on the French Pacific island of Tahiti.
\nSwimming will take centre stage at the La Defense Arena for the women\u2019s 400m freestyle \u2014 one of the most-anticipated events of the entire Olympics involving three swimmers who have held the world record.
\nAustralia\u2019s defending champion Ariarne Titmus will dive in as favourite after clocking the second-fastest time ever last month behind only her own 3-minute, 55.38-second world best.
\nShe stunned US rival Katie Ledecky in an electric Tokyo final three years ago, with the American great gunning for revenge.
\nCanadian teenage sensation Summer McIntosh, also a former world record holder, completes the hotly favoured trio.
\nOther gold medals on offer on the first night of action in the pool come in the men\u2019s 400m freestyle and the men\u2019s and women\u2019s 4x100m freestyle relays.
\nReigning French Open champions Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz are among the top draws on the first day of action on the clay courts of Roland Garros \u2014 weather permitting.
\nWomen\u2019s world number one Swiatek is first on court against Romania\u2019s Irina-Camelia Begu, with Alcaraz to follow against Lebanese world number 275 Hady Habib.
\nBut the biggest focus will be on the men\u2019s doubles, with Alcaraz teaming up with 14-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal in a Spanish dream pairing.
\nChinese shooters Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao will start as favourites for the first gold of the Games after a dominant victory at last year\u2019s world championships in Baku.
\nMedals will also be on offer early Saturday in the diving pool, with the women\u2019s synchronised 3m springboard final, where another Chinese pairing, Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen, are favourites to strike gold.
\nThe first cycling medals of the games will be decided with the men\u2019s and women\u2019s individual times trials taking place on a challenging 32.4-kilometre course. French rugby fans will flock to the Stade de France to see if Antoine Dupont can lead the host nation to gold in rugby sevens.
\nFrance however must overcome South Africa in Saturday\u2019s semi-finals to reach the gold medal match against the winner of the other last-four clash between holders Fiji and Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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