Top moments from Day 1 of Paris Olympics 2024

Shooter Manu Bhaker stormed into the women's 10m air pistol final with a score of 580

India held their nerve to defeat New Zealand 3-2 in their opening clash in men's hockey

Both Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty and Lakshya Sen won their respective matches in men’s doubles and singles comfortably

Boxer Preeti Pawar secured a unanimous 5-0 verdict in her maiden Olympic bout to advance to the women’s 54kg Round of 16

Harmeet Desai was off to a winning start, defeating Jordan’s Zaid Yaman 4-0 to reach the main draw of the men’s singles competition 

Hosts France secured their first gold of the Paris Olympics with a 28-7 victory over favourites Fiji in the men’s rugby sevens final

Australia’s Ariarne Titmus bossed the battle of giants, comfortably defeating Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh to retain her 400m freestyle gold

Another highlight of the opening day was watching Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz team up for the first time ever in the tennis men’s doubles event

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