The morning after a rather soggy opening ceremony, China grabbed its first golds of the Olympics. CGTN’s Toni Waterman reports from under a Parisian umbrella.
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00:00China is off to a very strong start winning the first two gold medals of the 2024 Summer Olympics.
00:06The first one in the 10-meter air rifle mixed team and shooting is really a cornerstone of China's Olympic prowess.
00:14The other cornerstone of course is diving and that is where the second gold medal of morning competition came from.
00:20Team China winning the women's three-meter springboard synchro.
00:25The dive team is aiming for a gold sweep, something that they came so close to clinching in Tokyo.
00:32They are now just seven medals away from that unprecedented achievement.
00:36Meanwhile, fans still riding an Olympic high after last night's opening ceremony.
00:42It was epic. You had athletes on boats in the river, dancers on roofs,
00:47and of course Celine Dion making a triumphant return to the stage singing from the Eiffel Tower to close out the ceremony.
00:54A little bit of rain, a lot of rain, not dampening the mood last night or today either.