Three years after Yang Qian and Yang Haoran won the gold in Tokyo, compatriots Huang and Sheng made sure China retained it. 

Sheng, who won an individual silver medal at the pandemic-delayed Olympics three years ago at 16, and Huang, 17, kept their cool to edge past South Korea's Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun 16-12.

The gold medal round was not a close fight despite them racing to a 14-8 lead after the first 11 shots. Keum and Park staged a late comeback to reduce the gap at 14-12, but the Chinese pair prevailed 16-12 in the end.

Kazakhstan's Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev won the first medal of the Games with an upset victory in the bronze medal match. Kazakhstan is hoping to avoid a repeat of Tokyo, in which the nation took home eight bronzes but failed to win a single gold, a stark contrast to Rio where it won three golds, five silvers and nine bronze medals.

Le and Satpayev set the tone early in the match, taking the first round with a score of 21.4 to Germany’s 20.7, establishing a 2-0 lead. Despite Germany’s Anna Janssen and Maximilian Ulbrich, managing to level the score at 3-3 and 4-4, the Kazakh pair never relinquished their grip on the match.

After the brief tie, Kazakhstan surged ahead, winning the next three rounds to secure a 10-4 lead. Germany managed to tie one more round, but the Kazakhs continued their commanding performance, ultimately sealing a comfortable victory outscoring their opponents 17-5 at Chateauroux.

"I’m feeling perfect. This was the first (Olympic) competition for me, and I got third place, so it’s perfect," Satpaev told Olympics.com on winning the first medal of the Paris 2024 Games.