Shooting: Wu wins Brazil’s first medal of Games
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian Felipe Wu won the silver medal in the men’s 10-metre air pistol event on Saturday to claim the host country’s first medal of the Rio Olympic Games.
Shooting: American teenager Thrasher wins first gold of Games
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Unflappable American teenager Virginia Thrasher won the first gold medal of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Saturday, holding her nerve against two Chinese Olympic champions to clinch the women’s 10m air rifle event.
Gymnastics: Frenchman Ait Said suffers horror break in qualifying
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – French gymnast Samir Ait Said discovered the perils of pursuing his Olympic dreams when he suffered a broken leg that was left dangling from below his knee following a crash landing from the vault during men’s qualifying on S…
Swimming: Peaty smashes own 100m breaststroke record
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Adam Peaty demolished his own world record in the heats of the 100 meters breaststroke on Saturday as he launched his bid to become the first British man to win an Olympic swimming gold medal for 28 years.
Gymnastics: Tears and cheers as Zanetti and Hypolito shine
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – There was plenty of chest thumping and free flowing tears as Olympic champion Arthur Zanetti and his band of Brazilian brothers produced the performance of their lives on their team debut at the Games on Saturday.
Police detonate backpack near finish line of Rio Olympic cycling race
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A loud blast shook the media seats near the finishing line of the men’s cycling road race on the first day of the Rio Olympics when Brazil’s bomb squad detonated an unattended backpack on Saturday, amid tight security at Sout…
Huge queues and angry fans mar the start of Rio Games
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The Rio Olympic Games got off to a shambolic start on Saturday as fans queued for hours at security checkpoints to enter venues, with some missing their events and many athletes competing in front of eerily empty stands.
Uchimura fall caps a day of errors for favorites Japan
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Dethroning champions China has been the number one target for Japan at the Rio Olympics but after a day of falls and botched landings in men’s qualifying on Saturday, Kohei Uchimura and his team mates were left with sore bodi…
Tommasone makes boxing history as first Games professional
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Carmine Tommasone made boxing history when he became the first fully professional fighter to compete in the Olympics on Saturday, winning his opening bout against an amateur from Mexico.
Brazil casts aside crisis in rousing Rio Games opening
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil unfurled a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population in welcoming the world on Friday to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, all to the pounding beat of samba, bos…
