Rio Olympics, Day 11
Several countries – including Armenia, Georgia, Serbia, and Ukraine – scored their first gold medals of the Rio Olympic games on August 16, although some of the events did not pass without controversy.
![Oleh Vernyayev winning gold for Ukraine in the men's parallel bars.](https://gdb.rferl.org/bf07b124-b0d6-44a5-a101-2cb6a5e181ab_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Oleh Vernyayev winning gold for Ukraine in the men's parallel bars.
![Davor Stefanek of Serbia and Migran Arutyunyan of Armenia compete in the final of the men's Greco-Roman 66-kilogram wrestling. Stefanek took gold.](https://gdb.rferl.org/172049bc-1e53-4d81-8921-a6fb13a1b8a2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Davor Stefanek of Serbia and Migran Arutyunyan of Armenia compete in the final of the men's Greco-Roman 66-kilogram wrestling. Stefanek took gold.
![Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia defeated Cuba's Yasmany Daniel Lugo Cabrera to take gold in the 98-kilogram wrestling final.](https://gdb.rferl.org/ad5a0a33-d2da-46eb-883c-a1ec2f494f0b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia defeated Cuba's Yasmany Daniel Lugo Cabrera to take gold in the 98-kilogram wrestling final.
![U.S. gymnast Simone Biles competes in the final of the women's floor event of the artistic gymnastics, where she took a fourth gold medal.](https://gdb.rferl.org/cf4fc5c2-aa03-4f88-a1ab-289fa464a832_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. gymnast Simone Biles competes in the final of the women's floor event of the artistic gymnastics, where she took a fourth gold medal.
![The women race in the 100-meter hurdles heats.](https://gdb.rferl.org/80c610ad-54f1-4961-9dd8-442e10145ca6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The women race in the 100-meter hurdles heats.
![The final of the women's omnium 25-kilometer points race takes place, in which Britain's Laura Trott took gold.](https://gdb.rferl.org/1c9edabd-999b-4a06-9be3-9f5be58b5a84_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The final of the women's omnium 25-kilometer points race takes place, in which Britain's Laura Trott took gold.
![Christian Taylor of the United States defends his title in the men's triple-jump final.](https://gdb.rferl.org/fa01b5f7-6f11-49d7-968d-c9fd030a7fc7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Christian Taylor of the United States defends his title in the men's triple-jump final.
![Zhaina Shekerbekova of Kazakhstan competes in the quarterfinal of the women's fly (51 kilograms).](https://gdb.rferl.org/69e4ea48-321e-42da-9486-b12715e7521d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Zhaina Shekerbekova of Kazakhstan competes in the quarterfinal of the women's fly (51 kilograms).
![Darya Klishina of Russia competes in the women's long-jump qualifying round.](https://gdb.rferl.org/656fded2-fa0c-4756-b6ed-8d950d8c5c8b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Darya Klishina of Russia competes in the women's long-jump qualifying round.
![Swimmers enter the water before the start of the men's 10-kilometer marathon swimming final.](https://gdb.rferl.org/47134971-d487-4397-b63c-99e0f4689901_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Swimmers enter the water before the start of the men's 10-kilometer marathon swimming final.
![Georgia's Lasha Talakhadze celebrates after winning gold in the men's 105-kilogram+ weightlifting.](https://gdb.rferl.org/693adc1d-1b8e-41e7-803b-741dc1bbae7b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Georgia's Lasha Talakhadze celebrates after winning gold in the men's 105-kilogram+ weightlifting.
![Russia's Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina take part in the duets technical routine final of the synchronized swimming. They took gold.](https://gdb.rferl.org/a2c980ab-3cad-4e4b-ae47-572c570cc47b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russia's Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina take part in the duets technical routine final of the synchronized swimming. They took gold.
![Uladzislau Hancharou of Belarus competes in the men's trampoline qualifications.](https://gdb.rferl.org/df3e5d59-f051-4b61-a27d-2619bbf6c09f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Uladzislau Hancharou of Belarus competes in the men's trampoline qualifications.
![Sebastian Brendel of Germany takes gold in the men's canoe single (C1) 1,000 meters.](https://gdb.rferl.org/3f9e9657-a924-4e9f-9b3d-71dc9094f07e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sebastian Brendel of Germany takes gold in the men's canoe single (C1) 1,000 meters.
![Miriam Nagl of Brazil plays in a practice round for the women's golf.](https://gdb.rferl.org/5a3240b2-dbe4-40e2-917a-0f5f8a9508f4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Miriam Nagl of Brazil plays in a practice round for the women's golf.
![China took its fifth diving gold when Cao Yuan won the men's 3-meter springboard event.](https://gdb.rferl.org/819e357b-7dd8-4b84-9535-89c2caa84eed_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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China took its fifth diving gold when Cao Yuan won the men's 3-meter springboard event.