AUSTRALIA OVERWHELM FIJI BUT THE REAL WINNER HERE IS RIO
While Australia are busy stomping to their second win of the day, the Rio sun calmly clocks out of another successful shift. (Photo: Rio 2016/Gabriel Nascimento)
TUNE IN NOW: GERMANY v CANADA MEN'S HOCKEY
SCORE IN THE THIRD QUARTER: 5-1 GERMANY
When Canadians talk about hockey, there's never any doubt it's ice hockey. The men's and women's two-time defending Olympic champions share their country with other hockey players, which are known in the northern nation more specifically as field hockey players.
The men's hockey team at Rio 2016 — there is only one hockey at the Summer Games, so I won't specify — names itself after the caribou, a cool-climate wide-ranging animal that also appears on the Canadian 25-cent coin. You're fascinated, I know.
The Red Caribou are Canada's other hockey team. You can see them play Germany at this very moment at the Olympic Hockey Centre.
TWO SHIDOS AND TWO YUKOS
The first gold medal for Russia came in men's judo.
Beslan Mudranov defeated Jeroen Mooren in the 60kg final. Mudranov overcame the Dutch fighter with two shidos and two yukos.
TUNE IN NOW: US v FRANCE WOMEN'S FOOTBALL
SCORE AT 58': 0-0
US winger Alex Morgan battles for the ball against France's Wendie Renard at Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte (Photo: Getty Images/Pedro Vilela)
FIRST DAY OF OLYMPIC TENNIS - Pt. 1
It was a busy first day on the courts of Rio 2016, and there were upsets galore! Remember, the Olympic tennis tournament is played in a knockout format – so there is no coming back.
American world No.25 Jack Sock lost in straight sets to 118 seed Taro Daniel from Japan.
The unseeded Zhang Shuai from China defeated Switzerland’s Timea Bascinszky. And Poland’s No.4 seed, Agnieszka Radwanska lost in straight sets to unseeded Zheng Saisai from China.
Meanwhile, Wilfred Tsonga just scrapped through his first round match.
Former world No.1 Ana Ivanovic crashed out after clinching the first set in her tie with Carla Suarez Navarro.
Still to come on court are Venus Williams and Eugenie Bouchard in their respective matches.
THE SHORT AND LONG OF IT
Earlier this week, diminutive but explosive US gymnast Simone Biles shared a sweetly comic photo with her 711,000 followers on Instagram.
The four-foot-eight (1.42m) Biles shows off her stature beside the towering US volleyball player, David Lee, who stands two feet taller at six-foot-eight (2.03m).
At 19, Biles is the most decorated US female gymnast with 10 world championship gold medals. The ferociously talented tumbler is gunning for her first Olympic medal at Rio 2016.
Not to be outdone, Biles's US team-mate, 15-year-old Ragan Smith showed off an even bigger height gap.
The four-foot-six (1.37m) gymnast snapped a photo with US basketball star DeAndre Jordan, who stands six-foot-11 (2.11m), a further testament to the fact that Olympians come in all shapes and sizes.
READY FOR THE ALL BLACKS
Riding high off the back of two wins out of two on the opening day of competitions, France captain Fanny Horta thinks her side is ready to take on the All Blacks. "It is another challenge. We feel we can handle it. It's up to us to do everything we can and to play simple rugby," she said.
France completely overran Spain in the first half of their encounter, and walked away with a 24-7 victory. Later this afternoon, they made light work of Kenya, winning by 40-7.
Horta added, "We have tried to work on keeping our concentration and not getting overcome by the size of the event. We didn't want to get too excited, but I can assure you we are totally up for this."
A HERO AND HEAT-WINNER
Yusra Mardini came first in her heat, winning the 100m butterfly event in one minute, 9.21 seconds.
"The only thing I ever wanted was to compete in the Olympics," she said. "I had a good feeling in the water so I'm happy for that. Competing with all these great champions is exciting."
The Syrian refugee who lives and is sponsored by Germany, is reacing under the flag of the Refugee Olympic Team.
Mardini, 18, made international news after she helped save a boatload of people crossing the Mediterranean Sea. As the motor died and the craft threatened to sink, the swimmer dived in the water to pull the craft to land.
BEACH VOLLEYBALL PAIR PLEASE COPACABANA FANS
Yet more cheers rung out on Copacabana Beach as fans celebrated another victory for the host nation. This time the crowd roared for Bárbara Seixas de Freitas and team-mate Agatha Bednarczuk.
The pair endured a slight scare when they found themselves one set down to a strong pairing from the Czech Republic in the form of Barbora Hermannova and Marketa Slukova.
Home spirit overcame! The Brazilians will be back on the sand tomorrow.
FIRST MEDAL FOR BRAZIL, FIRST GOLD FOR VIETNAM
It didn't take long for the host nation Brazil to win their first medal.
Felipe Wu bagged a silver in the men's 10m air pistol behind gold medallist Xuan Vinh Hoang from Vietnam on 202.5.
It's also Vietnam's first ever Olympic gold.
The 24-year-old from São Paulo used both his right hand and eye to fire at the target, Wu accumulated 202.1 points, just a hair behind Hoang's 202.5.
HOT HOT HEATS: WORLD RECORD IN SWIMMING
Adam Peaty broke his own record in the men's 100m breaststroke and today was only the first day of heats. In his quest for Olympic gold, can the 21-year-old Great Britain swimmer get faster still?
"I went out pretty fast, quite easy," said Peaty, who also holds the world record in the men's 50m breaststroke, which is not an event at Rio 2016.
He knew it was a good showing when he started wondering what all the fuss was about.
"I heard everyone cheering and I thought, 'What are they cheering for — there's no Brazilians in this lane.'"
He touched the wall in 57.55 seconds, holding on to his own world record with a new personal best.
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