Article 6PHC3 Paris 2024 Olympics day one: Titmus claims 400m gold, France win rugby sevens – as it happened

Paris 2024 Olympics day one: Titmus claims 400m gold, France win rugby sevens – as it happened

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Will Unwin, Adam Collins, Martin Belam and Jonatha
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Antoine Dupont and Ariarne Titmus were the golden turns on the opening Saturday in Paris

We're now just 15 minutes away from the start of the action on day one of the Paris Olympics. And that action is badminton.

If you don't know your back alley from your shuttlecock, fear not, because here's one we made earlier.

The pool is shallower than the 3m standard, at 2.30m and there have been some questions raised over the effect this will have. The starting platforms have fins that allow swimmers to really push off at the gun. And one of France's faces of the Games, swimmer Leon Marchand, believes it will live up to expectations.

The pool is superb," he said. I loved the feeling I had in the water, the depth which is the same along the entire length. So you feel like you're swimming fast and that's cool. It's a beautiful pool." If swimmers are feeling fast in the pool at La Defense, we could yet see some new world records.

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