Paris Olympics Day 1 Live Updates: While Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz won their respective opening round men’s singles matches, the Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi, who is a gold medallist from Tokyo 2020, lost his ring in the Seine.
Olympic Games Paris 2024, Day 1 Live: The first day of the Paris Olympics saw China claim the first two gold medals of the Games, while Carlos Alcaraz claimed his opening round wins in singles and men’s doubles along with Rafael Nadal.
On the tennis court, Novak Djokovic also had an easy win in his singles opener. However, Naomi Osaka was knocked out by Angelique Kerber.
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In the pool, one of the biggest showdowns of the Games — in the women’s 400m freestyle final — saw Ariarne Titmus claim gold over Summer McIntosh (silver) and Katie Ledecky, who took home bronze.
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Paris Olympics Live Highlights: Catch all the updates from Day 1 of action at the 2024 Paris Olympics
AFTER THE arson attacks, bomb threats, the locked down city centre and bouts of anxiety came plumes of blue, white and red smoke with a splash of water — the ‘water curtains’ — on Pont d’Austerlitz. And in that instant, shortly after 7.30 pm local time, the whole of Paris heaved a collective sigh of relief.
What followed was a party never seen before on the Seine. There was Lady Gaga singing in French, little children taking the Olympic flame from Zinedine Zidane on a broken down metro (and then re-emerging on the parade along the river) and cabaret along with a celebration of love, music and sport — all in constant, heavy rain. READ MORE
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First uploaded on: 27-07-2024 at 09:39 IST