There was a fire in the Olympic stadium, two swimmers false started, and a dog ran on the pitch at the football on the first full day of competition at the Paris Olympics.

Here are the quick hits from day one of the 2024 Games.

1. History made, but you wouldn't know it

Islam Satpayev and Alexandra Le may not go down as Olympic legends, but they do own a fun slice of Games history as the first medallists of the 33rd Summer Olympiad.

On the range in Chateauroux, the Kazakh pair beat Germany 17-5 to win the 10m air rifle mixed team bronze medal, becoming the first people to earn some jewellery from Paris 2024.

But no-one told their faces, as they quietly and almost sheepishly turned to wave to the crowd before packing up the guns and heading for the door.

A low-key start to be sure.

2. The rivalry is real

Between the bronze-medal match at Rio 2016 and the double-overtime 2019 World Cup semifinal, the Boomers have endured some of their greatest heartbreaks against Spain.

So, when they were drawn together in a tough Group A, the stage was set for another showdown on the international stage. And the contest didn't disappoint.

The game wasn't even eight minutes old when Spanish big man Usman Garuba got into it with Josh Green and Will Magnay, almost sparking a melee.

Not long after Garuba and Magnay were hit with unsportsmanlike fouls for the incident, Josh Giddey got into it with the burly Golden State Warrior after Garuba denied his lay-up after a whistle.

In the second quarter, the teams clashed again at halfcourt after Rudy Fernandez under-cut Nick Kay during a rebounding contest, and Spain coach Sergio Scariolo was hit with a technical foul for arguing a referee's call too ardently.

The game itself was brilliant and brutal, with Australia leading for almost the entire game, only relinquishing briefly midway through the third quarter before reasserting its dominance and running through the finish line to a 92-80 win.

The Boomers will hope to get star guard Dante Exum (finger) back for the remaining group games against Canada on Tuesday and Greece on Friday.

3. Ebden gets more laughs than the Djoker

Matt Ebden could easily have sulked and lamented "I'm not even supposed to be here" as he was demolished 6-0, 6-1 by Novak Djokovic on centre court at the Olympic Games. Instead, he appeared to have the time of his life.

The doubles specialist, drafted into the singles at the last minute after the injury withdrawal of world number 16 Holger Rune, won just eight points in the first set and, after dropping the opening game of the second, jokingly offered his racquet to anyone in the crowd who wanted to have a crack.

Constantly smiling, he got the crowd onside and enjoyed support more akin to a local legend than an international blow-in.

When he finally got on the board by winning the 11th game, he flipped his shirt up of his head like a champion footballer celebrating a Champions League worldie, and the Roland Garros fans went wild as Ebden gave Djokovic a thankful pat on the shoulder at the change of ends.

Ebden left the court with a smile and waved goodbye to his adoring French fans, well and truly warmed up for his tilts in the mixed and men's doubles.

4.Tom Daley's back on his wool-knit

The 3m synchronised springboard final was brutal to watch for Australian fans, but it did play host to the return of a fan-favourite Olympic side-quest.

British diver Tom Daley's knitting in Tokyo three years ago captured hearts and minds and he's back with a vengeance in 2024, spied in the stands working on a little something as his GB teammates Scarlett Mew Jensen and Yasmin Harper claimed bronze.

From the looks of his Instagram accounts, the Team GB flag-bearer has graduated from small bags to hold his Olympic medals to full Olympic-themed sweaters.

5. Nadal, Alcaraz win — Rafa unsure of singles 

Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz — Spain's old-and-new pairing of tennis superstars — won the first match they've ever played together as a doubles team, eliminating Argentina's Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni 7-6 (4), 6-4 on day one.

Nadal called it "amazing" and an "emotional moment", but he's not sure if he will compete in singles, saying that he wants to "make the smartest decision possible to have the best chances to bring [a] medal back home".

Nadal has already been around and about in Paris, turning up as a surprise torchbearer at the opening ceremony.

The 38-year-old's first match in singles, against Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics, is scheduled for Sunday.

"Tomorrow, I don’t know what’s going to happen," Nadal said on day one. 

"I don’t know if I’m going to play or not."

There's been plenty of speculation these Olympics could be his farewell to tennis, given all of his recent injury issues — he wore white tape wrapped around his right thigh Saturday — and his connection to Roland Garros.

Asked about the possibility, Nadal replied: "I never said that. I don’t know. I didn’t make any decision to say anything."

If Nadal, who won Olympic golds in singles at Beijing in 2008 and in doubles with Marc López at Rio de Janeiro in 2016, does play Fucsovics and wins, next up would be a second-round match against longtime rival Novak Djokovic.

6. Low blow sees Azcona sent off

Dominican Republic forward Edison Azcona was sent off in his team's 3-1 loss to Spain at the Olympics after kicking out into the groin of Pau Cubarsi.

Azcona was shown a straight red by referee Adel Al Naqbi in first-half stoppage time at Stade de Bordeaux. Azcona was on his back when he kicked upward at Cubarsi.

Spain defender Cubarsi was left rolling on the field in pain after the kick and the official immediately reached for his card, prompting protests from Dominican Republic players.

The Group C game was tied 1-1 at the time of the incident and Spain took advantage by scoring twice in the second half to advance to the quarterfinals.

Fermín Lopez put Spain ahead in the 24th and Angel Montes de Oca evened the game in the 38th.

After Azcona's dismissal, Alex Baena restored Spain's lead in the 55th and Miguel Gutierrez sealed the win in the 70th.

7. Journalist suspended over communism comments

The Polish state broadcaster suspended a television journalist who, during the Olympic Games opening ceremony, reacted to a performance of John Lennon's Imagine by saying it was a "vision of communism".

TVP, the broadcaster, issued a statement saying the journalist and sports commentator, Przemyslaw Babiarz, would not be allowed to comment on air anymore during this summer's Games.