Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle celebrates Wednesday after taking first place in the men’s 100 meter freestyle event at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. His victory, China’s first in the event, gave the country its ninth gold medal of the Games. Photo: VCG

Chinese divers Quan Hongchan (left), 17, and Chen Yuxi, 18, won the women's synchronized 10 meter platform Wednesday at the Paris Summer Olympics, beating the North Korean team by a dominant margin. Photo: VCG

Biker Deng Yawen, 18, helps China claim its eighth gold medal by winning the women’s freestyle park event at the Paris Games on Wednesday. Photo: VCG

In the men's 100 meter freestyle final, 19-year-old Pan was the first to reach the finish line, clocking 46.40 seconds to break his own world record on Wednesday. Behind him are Australia's Kyle Chalmers (left) and Romania's David Popovici. Photo: VCG

Gold medalist Pan takes a photo with silver medalist Kyle Chalmers of Australia and bronze medalist David Popovici of Romania. Photo: VCG

Deng celebrates after finishing her first run during the BMX freestyle event. The event only became an Olympic event in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, which were held in 2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: VCG

Deng goes airborne on her way to winning the gold medal. Photo: VCG

Deng poses for a group selfie with silver-medalist Perris Benegas of the U.S. and bronze medal winner Natalya Diehm of Australia. Photo: VCG

Olympic freestyle skiing champion Eileen Gu joins divers Chen and Quan as Quan poses for a photo. Photo: Fu Tian/China News Service, VCG

Chen and Quan lift their medals as they share the podium with North Korean silver medalists Jo Jin Mi and Kim Mi Rae and bronze winners Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson of Great Britain. Photo: VCG