Virginia Thrasher, left, of the United States reacts after the Women’s 10m Air Rifle Finals competition of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games at the Olympic Shooting Centre.
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Gold medal victor, Virginia Thrasher of the United States, sings along with the US national anthem after receiving the gold medal during the victory ceremony for the Women’s 10m Air Rifle event at Olympic Shooting Center at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016.
Rowers who were training return to shore after high winds postponed their competition for the day at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. China’s Yi Siling, the defending Olympic champion, wore the bronze with 185.4.
The American men’s basketball team romped past China 119-62 Saturday night behind Durant’s 25 points.
– It was a bad start for 5th-ranked Venus Williams in Rio as she lost her opening match to 62nd-ranked Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium. The reigning world champ told the AP the last six months were “crazy” and said she didn’t “understand what’s going on”.
The dramas added to organisational difficulties on the first day, with spectators queuing for hours and some missing events altogether.
– Australia set a world record to capture the gold medal in the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay.
The United States took three silvers in the pool.
-Britain’s Adam Peaty (PEE’-tee) has broken his own world record in the 100-meter breaststroke during preliminaries in Rio.
Matt Hutchins finished second in his heat of the men’s 400m freestyle, in a time of 3:48.25, but that won’t be enough to see him through to the final later today.
Monumental upsets have been the theme of the Olympic fencing tournament so far. South Korea will face Russian Federation in their next game.
Thrasher’s triumph came before midday local time on Day 1 of the Games, putting the U.S. into an immediate lead in the gold medal count with the unexpected triumph. “And to have somebody who, this will be his fourth Olympics, that level of experience – and he’s still a great player – and commitment, it’s a godsend, really”, US coach Mike Krzyzewski said.
KOSOVO FIRST: Majlinda Kelmendi won Kosovo’s first Olympic medal, taking gold in the women’s 52-kilogram judo division. The Americans haven’t medaled since they claimed bronze in Los Angeles 32 years ago.
– USA tennis player Jack Sock lost his opening match to Japan’s Taro Daniel 6-4, 6-4.
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Olympic athletes have been competing in near empty venues and before thin crowds in other locations during the opening days of the Rio Games – a problem that can be traced to long security lines, traffic and a lack of familiarity in some sports.
