Day 1: London Games 2012

South Korea's Jin Jong-oh covers his face after winning the men's 10m air pistol final at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich in London. Reuters/Eddie Keogh

Updated on: Jul 28, 2012 11:44 PM IST

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South Korea's Jin Jong-oh covers his face after winning the men's 10m air pistol final at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich in London. Reuters/Eddie Keogh

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India's Shiva Thapa (R) fights against Mexico's Oscar Valdez Fierro in their Men's Bantam (56kg) Round of 32 Bout 6 boxing match at ExCeL venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Reuters/Murad Sezer

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China's Yi Siling, the first gold medalist, competes during the 10m Air Rifle Women qualification at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Royal Artillery Barracks in London. (AFP Photo)

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US swimmer Michael Phelps looks on after competing in the men's 400m individual medley heats swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games in London. AFP/Martin Bureau

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US swimmer Ryan Lochte competes in the men's 400m individual medley heats swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games in London. AFP/Leon Neal

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Diju V and Jwala Gutta return to Indonesia's Lilyana Natsir and Ahmad Tontowi during their mix double group play stage at the London 2012 Olympic Games in London. AFP/Adek Berry

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Russia's goalkeeper Maria Sidorova vies with an Angolan player during the women's preliminaries Group A handball match Russia vs Angola for the London 2012 Olympics Games at the Copper Box hall in London. AFP/Javier Soriano

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Russia's leftback Liudmila Postnova (C) jumps to shoot during the women's preliminaries Group A handball match Russia vs Angola for the London 2012 Olympics Games at the Copper Box hall in London. AFP/Javier Soriano

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Japan's Hideki Kikuchi takes aim during the men's archery team eliminations at the Lords Cricket Ground during the London 2012 Olympics Games. Reuters/Suhaib Salem

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Ukraine's Ruban Viktor takes aim during the men's archery team eliminations at the Lords Cricket Ground during the London 2012 Olympics Games. Reuters/Suhaib Salem

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Canada's Ryder Hesjedal gestures at the start of the men's cycling road race at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Reuters/Phil Noble

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Britain's Alan Wills takes aim during the men's archery team eliminations at the Lords Cricket Ground during the London 2012 Olympics Games. Reuters/Suhaib Salem

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Qatar's Aia Mohamed adjusts her headscarf during her women's singles preliminary round table tennis match against Canada's Zhang Mo at the ExCel venue of the London 2012 Olympic Games in London. Reuters/Grigory Dukor

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Rahul Banerjee takes aim during the men's archery team eliminations at the Lords Cricket Ground during the London 2012 Olympics Games July 28, 2012. Reuters/Suhaib Salem

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Sara Ramirez of Spain serves to Ankita Das of India (unpictured) during a table tennis women's singles preliminary round match at the Excel centre in London during the London 2012 Olympic Games. AFP Photo/Saeed Khan

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New Zealand's Eric Murray (R) and Hamish Bond compete in the men's pair heat 1 of the rowing event during the London 2012 Olympic Games, at Eton Dorney Rowing Centre in Eton, west of London. AFP/Eric Feferberg

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Serena Williams of the United States returns to Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in their women's singles tennis match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club during the London 2012 Olympics Games. Reuters/Stefan Wermuth

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The peloton passes by The Mall near Buckingham Palace during the men's road cycling race at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. AP/Daniel Berehulak, Pool

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Hungary's Eva Csernoviczki (R) competes with Belgium's Charline Van Snick during their women's -48 kgs contest match of the judo event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on July 28. AFP/Johannes Eisele

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Russia's Anna Vozakova stretches for the ball during during her women's Beach Volleyball preliminary phase - Pool B match against Xue Chen and Zhang Xi of China on The Centre Court at Horse Guards Parade London. AFP/Daniel Garcia

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China's Li Na serves to Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova in their women's singles tennis match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Reuters/Sergio Moraes

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Russia's Arsen Galstyan celebrates after winning against Uzbekistan's Rishod Sobirov during their men's -60 kgs contest semi-final match of the judo event at the London 2012 Olympic Games. AFP/Johannes Eisele

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Brazil's Sarah Menezes celebrates after defeating Belgium's Charline van Snick (blue) in their women's -48kg semi-final of table B judo match, at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Reuters/Darren Staples

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Brazil's Sarah Menezes (blue) celebrates as she wins against Romania's Alina Dumitru during their women's -48 kgs contest final match of the judo event at the London 2012 Olympic Games. AFP/Johannes Eisele

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China's Wang Mingjuan lifts during the women's 48kg group A weightlifting competition at The Excel Centre in London during the 2012 Olympic Games. AFP/Yuri Cortez

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Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap in action against Belgium's Tan Yuhan during their first round match at the Olympic Games in London. PTI Photo

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Indian paddler Soumyajit Ghosh serves to Brazil's Gustavo Tsuboi during a table tennis men's singles preliminary round match of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Excel centre in London. AFP/Saeed Khan