Top five stories from day one of Paris Olympics 2024
Great Britain claimed their first opening day medals since 2004 as the Paris Olympics got under way.
Team GB duo Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen claimed a dramatic bronze in the women's synchronised 3m springboard, before Anna Henderson rode to silver in the women's time trial cycling.
After a rain-soaked but spectacular opening ceremony on Friday, the poor weather continued on Saturday with several scheduled events rescheduled, including in skateboarding and tennis.
There was also medal joy for the host nation and a strong start for some of the Games' most recognisable names.
Sensational silver for Henderson
Amid tricky conditions in Paris as rain continued to fall, Great Britain's Henderson finished in 41 minutes and nine seconds to claim silver behind Grace Brown of Australia, who was a remarkable 90 seconds faster.
In a tense finish, American Chloe Dygert fell less than a second short of Henderson's time to end up in third place.
It was a gutsy performance from Henderson, especially so as the 25-year-old has twice broken her collarbone this season.
She kept her nerve and her balance as others fell around her on the slippery surface.
American Taylor Knibb had to change her bike after falling off four times while Dygert also came off amid the wet conditions, although she recovered to take bronze.
There was bad news however for GB's Josh Tarling, who missed out on a medal in the men's time trial after sustaining a puncture.
Mew Jensen and Harper claim bronze medal
In the women's synchronised 3m springboard event, Harper and Mew Jensen were sixth with two dives to go and fourth before the final dive.
Australia looked set for bronze at worst, but an excellent final effort by the British pair moved them into third and a horrible mistake on Australia's final dive meant they failed to overhaul Harper and Mew Jensen.
The pair were in tears at the end of the competition as they snatched Britain's first female diving medal at an Olympics for 64 years, behind China and the United States.
The maiden gold of the entire Games, in the first of 329 medal events, was won on Saturday morning in shooting.
Teenagers Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao won the first gold of a predicted large medal tally for China in the 10m air rifle event.
Hosts enjoy opening-day gold in rugby sevens
Hosts France got their Games going with a bang on day one by winning gold in the men's rugby sevens.
In front of an ecstatic crowd of 70,000 at the Stade de France, the French defeated reigning champions Fiji 28-7.
The dream final for the neutrals saw the hosts play the favourites Fiji, who had won gold in the two previous men's Olympic rugby sevens and had never previously lost a match at the Games.
But inspired by Antoine Dupont, France came from behind with four tries - two scored by the 15-a-side captain - to make history.
Earlier, Shirine Boukli opened the nation's medal account with bronze in the women's -48kg judo, while Luka Mkheidze reached the final of the men's -60kg.
Mkheidze had to settle for silver as he was beaten by Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan.
Nick Park and Rupert Shipperley scored either side of a Gareth Furlong double as Great Britain's men opened with a 4-0 win over Spain in the hockey.
Captained by Northern Ireland's David Ames, GB men are aiming to secure a first Olympic medal since winning gold in 1988 and continue their campaign against South Africa on Sunday.
In the dressage, Laura Collett set a new Olympic record with her leading score on London 52 in the eventing dressage, recording just 17.5 penalties, while in men's gymastics GB reached the team final following a strong qualifying performance.
In the rowing, it was a fast start for Great Britain with the women’s quadruple sculls winning their heat in style. The group of Lauren Henry, Hannah Scott, Lola Anderson and Georgina Brayshaw beat Germany, Switzerland and the US to qualify for the final with the fastest time from the heats, almost four seconds quicker than the rest.
The male quartet also booked a spot in the final, though with a slightly less convincing performance - three seconds behind current world and Olympic champions the Netherlands.
The women's double sculls pair of Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne and Rebecca Wilde also finished second in their heat behind New Zealand to qualify for the semi-finals.
Also on the water, Adam Burgess qualified in second for the men's canoe singles semi-final on Monday, while Kimberley Woods has qualified for the women's kayak singles semi-final.
Easy starts for Djokovic and Swiatek
Novak Djokovic is aiming to win an Olympic gold medal for the first time
Few athletes will have simpler opening tasks in Paris than Novak Djokovic - 54 minutes after he first walked out on to court, the Serbian had beaten Australia's Matthew Ebden 6-0 6-1.
He'll face much tougher hurdles - Ebden was playing his first singles match for two years - but it was as easy a warm-up as he could hope for.
Up next? It could be Rafael Nadal, should he beat Hungary's Marton Fucsovics later this week.
In the women's tennis, Poland's Iga Swiatek got up and running at Roland Garros - where she is a four-time French Open champion - by beating Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu 6-2 7-5.
They were among those fortunate enough to complete their matches as heavy rain delayed play on the outside courts, impacting the start of the Games for GB's Cameron Norrie, Jack Draper, Dan Evans and Katie Boulter.
Source: BBC
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