Here’s what you need to know about the Olympics on Saturday.
Australia loses its first medal
The duo were set to win at least bronze and were challenging for silver as they approached their fifth and final dive at the Paris Aquatics Centre on the opening day of the Games on Saturday.
Anabelle Smith (left) and Maddison Keeney in action during the Women’s Synchronised Springboard Final in Paris on Saturday. Source: AAP / Joel Carrett
But the experienced pair, who have been regular podium placers at major championships down the years, made a hash of their last difficult dive —a two-and-a-half somersaults with one twist in pike — to slip out of the medals and into fifth place.
China wins first gold
Chinese shooters have claimed their country’s first gold of the Games more times than athletes in any other sport.
Chinese gold medalists Yuting Huang and Lihao Sheng (centre) pose on the podium on the first day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on Saturday. Source: AAP / Isabel Infantes
‘Dronegate’ hangs over women’s football
Canada’s women football players struggled to shake a spying scandal that has seen their head coach Bev Priestman sent home from the Paris Games.
Canada football great Christine Sinclair has said national team players were never shown drone footage during the more than two decades she was in the team.
IOC chief to speak to South Korea’s Yoon over country name
The announcer used the same introduction when the boat carrying the North Korean competitors passed.
Source Agencies
