Rio Olympics 2016: day one – in pictures
Gergo Zalanki of Hungary attempts to pass the ball past Milos Cuk of Serbia during a men’s water polo preliminary round match.
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Kohei Uchimura of Japan falls as he competes on the horizontal bar during the men’s qualification in the artistic gymnastics preliminaries.
Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
Great Britain’s Adam Peaty glides through the water while on his way to breaking his own world record in the men’s 100m breaststroke.
Photograph: Dominic Ebenbichler/Reuters
A slow exposure effect is used to give an ethereal feel to this shot of France’s Lauren Rembi, left competing against Emes Szasz of Hungary in the women’s épée individual semi-final.
Photograph: Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA
Lauren Rembi reacts after losing against China’s Sun Yiwen in the women’s individual épée bronze medal bout.
Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images
Brazil’s Juan Goncalves Nogueira seems to look surprised that a punch from Australia’s Jason Whately is heading in his direction during their men’s heavy (91kg) round of 16 bout.
Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Reuters
Montenegro’s players block a shot during their women’s handball preliminary group game against Spain.
Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters
Russia’s Beslan Mudranov wheels away in triumph after beating Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan in the men’s judo 60 kg final, earningRussia’s first medal of the Games.
Photograph: Toru Hanai/Reuters
Hiromi Miyake of Japan competes in the women’s 48kg group A final.
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Australia’s Mariah Williams blocks the ball during the women’s field hockey match against Britain.
Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images
Spectators watch the men’s beach volleyball qualifying match between the Netherlands and Russia as the sun sets over Copacabana beach.
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Kosuke Hagino of Japan celebrates winning gold in the men’s 400m individual medley on the first night of action in the pool.
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Danny Pinheiro Rodrigues and Julien Gobaux react with horror after team-mate Samir Ait Said of France breaks his leg vaulting in the gymnastics.
Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters
Argentina’s players dive for a shot against Russia during the women’s preliminary pool A volleyball match at Maracanzinho.
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Joy for the Olympic hosts after Beatriz scores for the Brazil during their women’s group E first round match against Sweden at the Olympic Stadium.
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Carmelo Anthony stars as USA crush China by more than 50 points in basketball.
Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters
Fan Wang of China dives for the ball during the women’s beach volleyball preliminary round pool C match against Switzerland.
Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
Australia top the medals table after claiming a second gold in the pool as the Campbell sisters overwhelm USA to help claim the women’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay title.
Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
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