After a superb opening ceremony on Friday full of colour and dance, Rio officially began on Saturday and GB medal hopes started early with the Men's Road Race. However, a crash late on denied Geraint Thomas who ended up outside the top ten finishers with Chris Froome further back.
The first medal of the games went to Ginny Thrasher (USA) as the 19 year old won the Women's 10m Air Rifle event. Australia topped the medal table after the opening day with two superb golds in the Swimming.
Aside from GB news, a horrific injury in the Men's Vault saw Samir Ait Said suffer a broken leg in his dismount while the Serbian rowing pair capsized in choppy conditions in the semi final. A shock in the Tennis saw Venus Williams (USA) exit to Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 2-6 6-1 6-2.The first medal of the games went to Ginny Thrasher (USA) as the 19 year old won the Women's 10m Air Rifle event. Australia topped the medal table after the opening day with two superb golds in the Swimming.
Also in the pool, it was a mixed day for GB with Adam Peaty breaking his own world record on his way to the 100m Breaststroke final. Sadly the GB duo of Hannah Miley and Aimee Willett missed out on medals in the Women's 400 Individual Medley final which saw Miley narrowly miss out in fourth with Willett in sixth. The gold went to Katinka Hosszu (HUN) who stormed to a new world record in a race which saw her inside the previous record by over five seconds. In the men's event, Max Litchfield finished in fourth while in the 400m Freestyle final, James Guy led for 3/4 of the race before finishing in sixth as Mack Horton (Aus) took the gold. Rowers Katherine Grainger and Vicky Thornley went through to the semi-finals of the women's doubles sculls, while the men's lightweight four and men's pair also progressed.
The first day also saw some milestones with the first athlete from the Olympic Refugee team - Yusra Mardini not only competing less than a year after fleeing Syria but winning her heat in the Women's 100m Butterfly but not quick enough to qualify for the next stage. Vietnam secured their first ever gold in the Men's 10m Air Pistol while GB's Rugby Sevens side started with comfortable wins over Brazil (29-3) and Japan (40-0).
The first day also saw some milestones with the first athlete from the Olympic Refugee team - Yusra Mardini not only competing less than a year after fleeing Syria but winning her heat in the Women's 100m Butterfly but not quick enough to qualify for the next stage. Vietnam secured their first ever gold in the Men's 10m Air Pistol while GB's Rugby Sevens side started with comfortable wins over Brazil (29-3) and Japan (40-0).
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