Rio Olympics, Day 2
Majlinda Kelmendi made Olympic history by becoming Kosovo’s first athlete to win an Olympic medal, a gold in women’s judo. Other highlights on day two of the Rio Olympics included swimming world records for Britain, the United States, and Sweden.
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Majlinda Kelmendi (top) of Kosovo and Odette Giuffrida of Italy compete in the women’s 52-kilogram judo final. Kelmendi made history by winning Kosovo’s first Olympic gold medal.
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Peter Joppich (left) of Germany in action against Enzo Lefort of France during the men's individual foil fencing event.
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Larissa Franca Maestrini and Talita Rocha of Brazil (left) play Ekaterina Birlova and Evgenia Okolova of Russia at the Beach Volleyball Arena on Copacabana Beach.
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Michael Phelps (left) and Caeleb Dressel of the United States celebrate their team's victory in the men's 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay final at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. It was Phelps’ 19th Olympic gold.
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A competitor heads off the course after the rowing competition was postponed for the day due to strong winds.
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Barbora Balaova of Slovakia wipes her brow during action against Fen Li of Sweden in table tennis.
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Adam Peaty of Britain celebrates breaking his own world record – for the second time in two days – and winning gold in the men's 100-meter breaststroke final. Peaty became the first British male swimmer to win Olympic gold in 28 years.
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Katie Ledecky of the United States on her way to winning the women's 400-meter freestyle final. She broke her own world record set two years ago.
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China's Fan Yilin competes in artistic gymnastics.
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Tutya Yilmaz of Turkey competes on the floor in artistic gymnastics.
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Celine Goberville of France takes aim during the women's 10-meter air pistol qualification.
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World tennis number one Novak Djokovic (left) reacts after losing to Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro.
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A worker at the Lagoa venue waits out a weather delay for rowing events caused by strong winds.
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Iraq tries to block the ball during its Group A soccer match against Brazil.
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Rishod Sobirov of Uzbekistan celebrates winning a bronze medal in the men´s 66-kilogram judo final.
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A long-exposure photo captures fencer Daniel Gomez (left) of Mexico in action against Italy’s Giorgio Avola.