Great Britain claim their first opening day medal since 2004 as the Paris Olympics get under way on Saturday.
Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen are the first Britons to win an opening day medal since fellow divers Peter Waterfield and Leon Taylor at Athens 2004Team GB duo Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen claimed a dramatic bronze in the women's synchronised 3m springboard.
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.There are 329 medal events during this summer's Games and the first gold was on offer earlier on Saturday morning in shooting.
In the badminton, Britain's Ben Lane and Sean Vendy lost 2-1 in their first group game to Malaysian pair Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik.hottest Olympics on record. After initial concern over the cycling, the women's and men's time trial events are set to go ahead as scheduled, at 13:30 and 15:32 BST respectively.
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