Paris: China won their first gold of Paris Olympics, as rain that dampened opening ceremony took its toll on first full day of sporting action.

In closely fought final of mixed-team 10-metre air rifle, teenage duo Sheng Lihao and Huang Yuting outscored Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun from South Korea 16-12, Kazakhstan grabbing bronze. International Olympic Committee however was forced to apologise however for gaffe during ceremony that saw South Korea’s athletes incorrectly introduced as North Korean. “We deeply apologise for mistake that occurred when introducing South Korean team during broadcast of opening ceremony,” IOC said in post on its official Korean-language X account. Elsewhere on the sporting front, swimming, badminton, rowing, cycling, hockey and basketball get under way along with surfing competition, nearly 16,000 kilometres (9,950 miles) kilometres away on French Pacific island of Tahiti.