Pakistan, Nov. 4 -- Su Juntao and Liu Lili won China's first gold medal at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games on Monday, claiming the mixed double sculls beach sprint title as coastal rowing made its debut at the event.

The pair clocked 2 minutes, 22.37 seconds at Saly Beach West, finishing 6.58 seconds ahead of Austria's Lukas Schoenhuber and Alena Lux. France's Raphael de Boussac and Elisa Guilloton took bronze. The victory made Su and Liu the first Youth Olympic champions in the mixed double sculls beach sprint event, adding to their under-19 title at the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals in Qingdao, China, last month.

"I felt really nervous. We didn't get rest after the world championships, so it's quite tiring," Liu said. "Both of us are ...