Paris 2024 Olympics, Day 1, Medal Tally Highlights

– Over 10,000 athletes are competing in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, with 329 medal events tracked by KXAN. –

– The IOC sorts medal counts by gold, then silver, then bronze, not by total medals. –

– China's Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao won the first gold in the 10m air rifle team event. –

– South Korea's Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun took silver, and Kazakhstan's Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev won bronze. –

– KXAN tracks medals won by the top 20 teams, with other countries grouped together. –

– Team USA's first medal was silver in the women's synchronized 3m springboard diving, won by Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook. –

– The United States won 113 medals in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, down from 121 in the 2016 Rio Olympics. –

– The 121 medals in 2016 were the third-highest total for Team USA, the most since 1984 Los Angeles with 174 medals. –

The record for Team USA is 231 medals in the 1904 St. Louis Olympics.

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