Tokyo Olympics: China got first gold, India beat NZ in men's hockey

Chinese shooter Yang Qian won the first gold of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, snatching a dramatic last-shot victory from Russia's Anastasiia Galashina in the women's 10m air rifle final. Yang claimed gold with an Olympic record score of 251.8, edging ahead of Russian Anastasiia Galashina on 251.1 and Switzerland's Nina Christen on 230.6. Galashina had looked poised to claim gold heading into the last shot, but stumbled with 8.9 on her final effort to allow Yang to seal victory.

The first medal ceremony of the Games saw Yang presented with her gold by International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach.Yang draped the medal around her neck after being handed the gold on a tray offered by Bach, in keeping with Covid-19 protocols in place at the Games. Only a handful of Chinese support staff were on hand to congratulate Yang after the win.Christen took bronze ahead of Norway's Jeanette Hegg Duestad, who led after the qualifying round.

India also started its Olmypic journey by winning men's hockey. Indian team  secure a 3-2 win over New Zealand.Goals  from vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh and Rupinder Pal Singh and a succession of big saves from PR Sreejesh towards the end of the first quarter helped the Indian men's hockey team. India's goals came from penalty corners with Harmanpreet scoring twice and Rupinder hitting the target once. It was a comparatively quiet start to the second quarter. India had better control and Harmanpreet scored from a penalty corner to give them the lead in the 26th minute. He scored soon after the start of the third as well to give India a 3-1 lead.  New Zealand managed to cut India's lead down to one goal in the 43rd minute.