Big opening day for Australia at Paris Games

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Big opening day for Australia at Paris Games

THE *********** TEAM HAS MADE A FLYING START TO THE PARIS OLYMPICS, SITTING PROUDLY ATOP THE MEDALS TABLE AFTER DAY ONE

*********** MEDALLISTS

Gold

* Ariarne Titmus (swimming – women’s 400m freestyle) – The Terminator left great rivals Summer McIntosh and Katie Ledecky in her wake in a commanding title defence.

* Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay – The team of Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris clinched Australia’s fourth-straight Olympic title in the event, winning in Games record time.

* Grace Brown (cycling – women’s time trial) – The 32-year-old Brown will head into retirement later this year with a gold medal draped around her neck after dominating the competition on the rain-sodden streets of central Paris.

Silver

Elijah Winnington (swimming – men’s 400m freestyle) – Germany’s Lukas Martens was a deserving winner, but no-one got as close to him as the fast-finishing Winnington.

Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay – A flying Kyle Chalmers hoisted the men’s squad also including Jack Cartwright, Flynn Southam and Kai Taylor to silver behind Team USA.

OTHER HEADLINE GOLD MEDALLISTS

* France (men’s rugby sevens) – Cheered on by a packed house at the Stade de France, Les Bleus became the first team ever to beat two-time defending champions Fiji at Olympic level.

* The honour of being the first gold medallists of the 2024 Games went to teenaged ******** shooters Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao, who saluted in the mixed 10m air rifle.

WHAT ELSE HAPPENED

* With three gold medals and two silver, Australia finished day one on top of the medal table courtesy of the pool haul.

* Chris Burton, on board Shadow Man, is in the bronze medal position after the dressage section of the three-day event at Versailles with his *********** team lying eighth overall.

* Blake Govers scored the only goal on the ******* of halftime as the Kookaburras won their opener 1-0 over Argentina.

* The Stingers overcame a COVID-disrupted preparation to post a hard-fought 7-5 women’s water polo victory over China.

WHO SAID WHAT

* “I screamed underwater – I was hoping the under-water cam wasn’t on.” – Aussie synchro diver Anabelle Smith after butchering her final *****, ending the medal hopes for her and partner Maddison Keeney.

* “It’s a bit insane – these are Aussie legends … it’s hard to get your head around other people viewing little old me in the same way.” – Grace Brown on joining the elite Olympic champions’ club.

MEDALS TABLE (after day 1)

G S B Tot

1. Australia 3 2 0 5

2. China 2 0 1 3

3. ******* States 1 2 2 5

4. France 1 2 1 4

5. South Korea 1 1 1 3

GOLD MEDALS DECIDED ON DAY 1: 13

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