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.
![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.](https://gdb.rferl.org/6a889956-275c-479a-aa78-5ef3262c9635_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![Peter Joppich (left) of Germany in action against Enzo Lefort of France during the men's individual foil fencing event.](https://gdb.rferl.org/86f9e6c8-f873-4308-8284-5a74e837f9ca_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Peter Joppich (left) of Germany in action against Enzo Lefort of France during the men's individual foil fencing event.
![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.](https://gdb.rferl.org/8bc2438f-dc21-47f0-8fce-f644b2b03a05_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![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.](https://gdb.rferl.org/ff1f0a5d-7a61-42ce-83f3-bd5659766c82_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![A competitor heads off the course after the rowing competition was postponed for the day due to strong winds.](https://gdb.rferl.org/981e3c64-6dd6-4e0e-b1c9-0d551a4b8917_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A competitor heads off the course after the rowing competition was postponed for the day due to strong winds.
![Barbora Balaova of Slovakia wipes her brow during action against Fen Li of Sweden in table tennis.](https://gdb.rferl.org/cd70bd59-8de4-4e2f-9512-35e6f536b27e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Barbora Balaova of Slovakia wipes her brow during action against Fen Li of Sweden in table tennis.
![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.](https://gdb.rferl.org/c78f116f-f620-4c38-bddd-790988fc6639_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![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.](https://gdb.rferl.org/f0ccf7ca-3913-492f-a754-7e878709ff15_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![China's Fan Yilin competes in artistic gymnastics.](https://gdb.rferl.org/67f037d9-08a9-4e48-b0bf-c9f688991b6c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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China's Fan Yilin competes in artistic gymnastics.
![Tutya Yilmaz of Turkey competes on the floor in artistic gymnastics.](https://gdb.rferl.org/cf1a6fef-1643-4ddc-a60a-80269734d50a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tutya Yilmaz of Turkey competes on the floor in artistic gymnastics.
![Celine Goberville of France takes aim during the women's 10-meter air pistol qualification.](https://gdb.rferl.org/1be5c449-8140-4908-9cb1-162160dd2ddf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Celine Goberville of France takes aim during the women's 10-meter air pistol qualification.
![World tennis number one Novak Djokovic (left) reacts after losing to Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro.](https://gdb.rferl.org/fa8cea55-29e6-4091-8a11-c91c81ef40d5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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World tennis number one Novak Djokovic (left) reacts after losing to Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro.
![A worker at the Lagoa venue waits out a weather delay for rowing events caused by strong winds.](https://gdb.rferl.org/76c5c62c-d754-4d42-afe4-9a1a3f929581_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A worker at the Lagoa venue waits out a weather delay for rowing events caused by strong winds.
![Iraq tries to block the ball during its Group A soccer match against Brazil.](https://gdb.rferl.org/fb589f11-1700-4a76-8d27-7878e39c0e75_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iraq tries to block the ball during its Group A soccer match against Brazil.
![Rishod Sobirov of Uzbekistan celebrates winning a bronze medal in the men´s 66-kilogram judo final.](https://gdb.rferl.org/e51aa32f-dfdd-4976-8a11-286f08f1520c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Rishod Sobirov of Uzbekistan celebrates winning a bronze medal in the men´s 66-kilogram judo final.
![A long-exposure photo captures fencer Daniel Gomez (left) of Mexico in action against Italy’s Giorgio Avola.](https://gdb.rferl.org/497f9e8b-7f0c-4d90-aa11-878404005f88_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A long-exposure photo captures fencer Daniel Gomez (left) of Mexico in action against Italy’s Giorgio Avola.