CHATEAUROUX, France - World champion shooters Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao set off China's Paris Olympics campaign to a good start, winning the Games' first gold medal with victory in the 10m air rifle mixed team event on Saturday.

The Chinese teenage duo defeated Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun of South Korea 16-12 in the gold medal match at the Chateauroux Shooting Center.

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Earlier on Saturday, Kazakhstan's Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev beat Germany's Anna Janssen and Maximilian Ulbrich 17-5 to claim the bronze medal.