Of glories and heartbreaks: Top moments from day 1 of Rio Olympics

Virginia Thrasher of the United States celebrates after winning the first gold medal of the 2016 Olympics, in the Women's 10m Air Rifle event. (AP Photo)

Updated on: Aug 07, 2016 12:53 PM IST

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Virginia Thrasher of the United States celebrates after winning the first gold medal of the 2016 Olympics, in the Women's 10m Air Rifle event. (AP Photo)

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Britain's Adam Peaty celebrates after breaking the world record in the Men's 100m Breaststroke heat during the swimming event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (AFP Photo)

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France's Samir Ait Said being stretchered off after being injured while competing in the qualifying for the men's vault event of the Artistic Gymnastics. (AFP Photo)

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Indian rower Dattu Baban Bhokanal entered the quarterfinals by finishing third in his heat in men’s singles sculls rowing competition. (REUTERS)

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South Korea's Kim Woo-Jin , Ku Bon-Chan and Lee Seung-Yun pose on the podium after winning the men’s team gold medal in Archery. (REUTERS)

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The Indian men’s hockey team broke a 12-year-old Olympics jinx by winning their opening group league encounter against Ireland. (AFP Photo)

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Hungary's Emese Szasz celebrates after winning the women’s individual epee gold medal bout as part of the fencing event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (AFP Photo)

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Men's 400m Individual Medley Gold medallist Kosuke Hagino of Japan poses with silver medallist Chase Kalisz of USA and bronze medallist Daiya Seto of Japan. (REUTERS)

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Russia's Beslan Mudranov, who clinched gold in the 60kg judo event, celebrates with silver medallist Kazakhstan's Yeldos Smetov and bronze medallist Uzbekistan's Diyorbek Urozboev. (AFP Photo)

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India's Sania Mirza plays a shot during a mixed doubles qualifying round with China. (PTI Photo)

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Belgium's Greg Van Avermaet won the gold at the Men's Road cycling race, while Denmark's Jakob Fuglsang clinched silver and Poland's Rafal Majka bagged the bronze. (AFP Photo)

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The women's 48kg judo event saw Paula Pareto of Argentina bag the gold medal. (AFP Photo)

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India’s Jitu Rai in action during the men's 10-meter air pistol finals. Rai finished in the eighth place. (AP Photo)

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Vietnam's Hoang Xuan Vinh won gold in the men's 10m air pistol shooting event. (AFP Photo)

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Men's 400m Freestyle Victory Ceremony - Gold medallist Mack Horton of Australia shakes hands with silver medallist Sun Yang of China. (REUTERS)

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Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium celebrates after a shock victory against Venus Williams of USA. (REUTERS)

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Katinka Hosszu of Hungary celebrates after winning the gold medal in Women's 400m Individual Medley. (REUTERS)

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Australia's Emma McKeon, Brittany Elmslie, Bronte Campbell and Cate Campbell with their gold medals after winning the women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay final, setting a new world record. (AP Photo)

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Kei Nishikori of Japan came up with one of the most exciting bits of in play in Day 1, when he dropped his racket after hitting a serve, but scrambled to pick it up in time to return the ball to his opponent and eventually winning the point and the match . (REUTERS)

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Women's 48kg weightlifting- Sopita Tanasan of Thailand acknowledges the crowd after winning the gold medal. (REUTERS)

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India's Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna in action during the men's doubles tennis event. (AFP Photo)