Tennis stars Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams and swimmer Michael Phelps King burst Sunday at the Olympic Games in Rio-2016, with Australia as unthought emerging leader medal.
Compete for glory also attracts these athletes of the world elite, who chose to share an Olympic Village devoid of luxuries and live with athletes who have made great efforts to reach Rio.
Sometimes they feel comfortable with his feet on the ground.
Phelps asked the US take a photo in the Olympic Village Djokovic, the No. 1 tennis, forgetting that it is the most successful athlete in the history of the Olympic Games.
'The boy from Baltimore' try on Sunday to continue their gold rush in the 4x100 relay to swell its collection of 22 medals, 18 of them gilded.
His idol, world number one for 108 consecutive weeks, is presented in Rio with the fixed idea of completing his trophy case populated with the gold medal, the only prize that is still lacking.
Serbian tournaments usually start training pace, but this time it will be with Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, his executioner in London 2012 bronze medal.
But the 'Tower of Tandil' is no longer what it was in 2009, when he won the US Open: drag problems on a wrist for more than two years ago that led to the basement of the standings.
"I hope to leave with a good feeling and the result is an anecdote. My reality is very clear and my present is very clear," he said Saturday Del Potro, showing that is not 100%, after passing second round in doubles with Maximo Gonzalez.
The last two Olympic champions, Andy Murray (London, 2012) and Spanish Rafael Nadal (Beijing, 2008), will play against Serbian Viktor Troicki (third shift Central) and Federico Delbonis Argentina.
In women, the favorite, Serena Williams, will debut at the Australian Daria Gavrilova and his executioner in the final pass of Roland Garros, the Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza, against Jelena Jankovic.
- Argentina gives the first gold -
On the opening day of competition, Argentina gave Saturday to Latin America's first gold medal in Rio, where swimming began to record pure.
Judoka Paula 'Peque' Pareto, 30, took the loss to injury of the favorite, Brazil's Sarah Menezes, champion in London 2012 to win gold for the first time Argentina won on the first day of competition .
"I've dreamed a lot with this and I'm very happy for all the support of the people. I have been getting better as I went forward and I am very happy to have been able to defeat such a difficult opponent," said the new champion on the South Korean Jeong Bo -Kyeong.
Meanwhile, in the Olympic aquatic center, swimming started every record with three broken world records and Australia taking two of the four gold medals disputed.
Those two medals brought the oceanic country by surprise lead on the opening day medal tally with two golds and a bronze.
In the afternoon, he had been the British Adam Peaty, who as a child had water phobia, the first to set a world record, breaking his own mark in the 100 meters breaststroke.
Neymar also returns, one of the stars of the elite, with its devalued Brazil.
Pressured by the unexpected draw in the debut, Neymar will have to use all his magic to lead Brazil to victory against Iraq, on the second day of the Olympic men's soccer tournament Rio-2016, a day in which Argentina is It presented at risk of default if not sum to Algeria.
- This is the program of the Olympic Games in Rio-2016 for Sunday 7 August (local and GMT):
Handball
Men - Group stage
(09h30 / 12h30) Croatia - Qatar (Group A)
(11h30 / 14h30) Sweden - Germany (Group B)
(14h40 / 17h40) Denmark - Argentina (Group A)
(16h40 / 19h40) Poland - Brazil (Group A)
(19h50 / 22h50) France - Tunisia (Group A)
(21h50 / 00h50) Slovenia - Egypt (Group B)
Basketball
Men - Group stage
(14h15 / 17h15) Brazil - Lithuania (Group B)
(19h00 / 22h00) Croatia - Spain (Group B)
(22h30 / 01h30) Nigeria - Argentina (Group B)
Women - Group stage
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Spain fell 72-70 to Croatia in its debut in Rio-2016
Spanish basketball team started on the wrong foot in the Olympic Games Rio 2016 Sunday falling 72-70 against Croatia in the match played at the Arena Carioca 1 Olympic Park.
Sergio Scariolo's men, current Olympic doubles runner-up, controlled the first part of the meeting, but after the break began the Croatian comeback against a very Fallona Spain, who lived an agonizing end.
The match was eventually decided in the last five minutes when Croatia drew level 67 before finishing seizing victory.
"In the second half we did not defend well. Now we have to think about the next game and look ahead," he said after the meeting the Nikola Mirotic power forward.
Spain already started something cold, leaving Croatia take the lead for a while, but two triple Pau Gasol and Mirotic launched the Spanish team, which would end the first quarter with partial 21-13 in their favor.
Gasol and Mirotic were the best men of his team with 26 and 19 points, respectively.
Given the defensive strength of Spain in the first half, Croatia tried from the outside, but continuous misfires allowed the escape of the Spaniards in the lead at halftime winning 38-32.
"We had many problems in attack for the first time," he acknowledged after the meeting Dario Saric.
After the break, the success of Darko Planinic from the free throw line and Roko Ukic triple Croats approached a 47-51 before entering the fourth quarter with two more points for the Spaniards.
"The last quarter was horrible, we had five turnovers and other mistakes and although we could put back in the game, could not avoid losing," said Spanish coach Sergio Scariolo.
In the fourth quarter, with an off Spain, two consecutive failures attack Mirotic allowed paths Croatian recoveries, which were placed 52-56, before a 6:47 for the final three-pointer put the Balkan Ukic to a point .
A new failure led the Croatian attack against and mate Luka Babic to put Croatia ahead one 6:13 remaining.
The last five minutes were epic with a three pointer by Sergio Rodriguez answered with Bojan Bogdanovic another, the best of his team with 23 points, before Gasol made a third consecutive to post a 63-62 in favor of Spain.
1:35 to go, Planinic tied at 67 points. Croatia sentenced after two free throws by Krunoslav Simon, in the absence of 17 seconds, which placed one 71-70 in favor of the Balkans, which would add a new point, also free kick.
The buzzer, Gasol had one last chance to tie, but received a great plug Saric.
Scariolo will now have to bounce back from defeat on Tuesday to face a complicated Brazil.
"Other times we lost the first game and we could fix it," said Spanish coach.
Sergio Scariolo's men, current Olympic doubles runner-up, controlled the first part of the meeting, but after the break began the Croatian comeback against a very Fallona Spain, who lived an agonizing end.
The match was eventually decided in the last five minutes when Croatia drew level 67 before finishing seizing victory.
"In the second half we did not defend well. Now we have to think about the next game and look ahead," he said after the meeting the Nikola Mirotic power forward.
Spain already started something cold, leaving Croatia take the lead for a while, but two triple Pau Gasol and Mirotic launched the Spanish team, which would end the first quarter with partial 21-13 in their favor.
Gasol and Mirotic were the best men of his team with 26 and 19 points, respectively.
Given the defensive strength of Spain in the first half, Croatia tried from the outside, but continuous misfires allowed the escape of the Spaniards in the lead at halftime winning 38-32.
"We had many problems in attack for the first time," he acknowledged after the meeting Dario Saric.
- Spanish Disconnection -
After the break, the success of Darko Planinic from the free throw line and Roko Ukic triple Croats approached a 47-51 before entering the fourth quarter with two more points for the Spaniards.
"The last quarter was horrible, we had five turnovers and other mistakes and although we could put back in the game, could not avoid losing," said Spanish coach Sergio Scariolo.
In the fourth quarter, with an off Spain, two consecutive failures attack Mirotic allowed paths Croatian recoveries, which were placed 52-56, before a 6:47 for the final three-pointer put the Balkan Ukic to a point .
A new failure led the Croatian attack against and mate Luka Babic to put Croatia ahead one 6:13 remaining.
The last five minutes were epic with a three pointer by Sergio Rodriguez answered with Bojan Bogdanovic another, the best of his team with 23 points, before Gasol made a third consecutive to post a 63-62 in favor of Spain.
1:35 to go, Planinic tied at 67 points. Croatia sentenced after two free throws by Krunoslav Simon, in the absence of 17 seconds, which placed one 71-70 in favor of the Balkans, which would add a new point, also free kick.
The buzzer, Gasol had one last chance to tie, but received a great plug Saric.
Scariolo will now have to bounce back from defeat on Tuesday to face a complicated Brazil.
"Other times we lost the first game and we could fix it," said Spanish coach.
Phelps, the legend continues in Rio-2016
Michael Phelps, the record man in Olympic history, insatiable when accumulate medals, is again pulled to the pool on Monday in the Games Rio 2016, where they leave again to stage the 'Dream Team' and Argentine Lionesses and fourteen final will be played.
The Jaws of Baltimore, who on Sunday won with the US 4x100 relay m free its nineteenth Olympic gold, will begin his bid to regain the crown in the 200m butterfly, which snatched in London-2012 South African Chad le Clos.
Monday is the heats and semifinals of the first individual event of the three in which compete Phelps, who at age 31 seems determined to continue agigantando his legend. And it is not impossible.
But Phelps is not the only attraction that has this third day of swimming, which takes beaten six world records since the tournament began Saturday.
The 'bad boy' Chinese Sun Yang faces a new battle for free 200m, after losing his title in the 400m free on Saturday with Australian Mack Horton.
While topped the times in the preliminaries, Sun is not the favorite of the distance, which are the world record Paul Biedermann and world champion James Guy.
Thus, a new frustration haunts the Chinese swimmer in the pool water complex Olympic Park Rio de Janeiro.
- Las Leonas for recovery -
Sun Yang not only seek recovery Monday, also must straighten the road Las Leonas, Argentina's women's hockey team, which debuted in Rio-2016 with a hard and unexpected defeat against the United States.
"We know that the tournament is over. It was the first game and not over anything," said the captain of Las Leonas, Carla Rebecchi, after the defeat in the debut.
Monday's rival, Japan, seems to be ideal for Las Leonas find the winning ways and start thinking seriously about the possibility of getting the Olympic gold for the first time in its history.
Moreover, the 'Dream Team' US will play its second match of Group A men's basketball weak against Venezuela, rival that comes in handy to send a new warning to his rivals.
United States, current Olympic champion, debuted Saturday with a landslide victory in Group A on China by 119-62 and no one seems able to stop to his third consecutive gold.
And if that were not enough, his main opponent in the search for gold, Spain, lost on Sunday against all odds against Croatia 72-70 and the way in Group B will not be a bed of roses.
- Phelps 19, Djokovic 0 -
And if Phelps siguó enlarging his legend on Sunday with his gold medal nineteenth-and 23 in total, Novak Djokovic could not exorcise his demons Olympic.
'Nole', the owner of men's tennis for two years' Take 108 weeks at the front of the classification of the ATP, you still can not enshrined in the Games, where he only managed a bronze in Beijing 2008.
Sunday suffered perhaps the greatest humiliation of his career by being eliminated in the first round of Rio 2016 with his friend Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro.
The 'Tower of Tandil' won 7-6 (7/4) 7-6 (7/2) and frustrate him again, as he did four years ago when he won in London-2012 in the party bronze medal.
- Kosovo on the Olympic map -
Majlinda Kelmendi judoka gave the first gold medal by winning Kosovo in the -52 kg category in the absolute debut of the young Balkan republic.
After winning the decisive battle Giuffrida Italian Odette, Kelmendi collapsed on the mat, before greeting the handful of compatriots present in the scenario that did not stop encouraging her to cry, "Ko-so-vo! Ko-so- vo ".
In a day full of batacazos Sunday, weak Iraq national football team snatched a 0-0 draw at the 'Selecao' Neymar, another new hosts frustrating performance in the debut matched by the same score against South Africa .
Brazil now has beards to soak in search of the gold medal, the only award missing from the selected world champions.
A premature removal of the Selecao would shake these Games Rio to the ground.
The Jaws of Baltimore, who on Sunday won with the US 4x100 relay m free its nineteenth Olympic gold, will begin his bid to regain the crown in the 200m butterfly, which snatched in London-2012 South African Chad le Clos.
Monday is the heats and semifinals of the first individual event of the three in which compete Phelps, who at age 31 seems determined to continue agigantando his legend. And it is not impossible.
But Phelps is not the only attraction that has this third day of swimming, which takes beaten six world records since the tournament began Saturday.
The 'bad boy' Chinese Sun Yang faces a new battle for free 200m, after losing his title in the 400m free on Saturday with Australian Mack Horton.
While topped the times in the preliminaries, Sun is not the favorite of the distance, which are the world record Paul Biedermann and world champion James Guy.
Thus, a new frustration haunts the Chinese swimmer in the pool water complex Olympic Park Rio de Janeiro.
- Las Leonas for recovery -
Sun Yang not only seek recovery Monday, also must straighten the road Las Leonas, Argentina's women's hockey team, which debuted in Rio-2016 with a hard and unexpected defeat against the United States.
"We know that the tournament is over. It was the first game and not over anything," said the captain of Las Leonas, Carla Rebecchi, after the defeat in the debut.
Monday's rival, Japan, seems to be ideal for Las Leonas find the winning ways and start thinking seriously about the possibility of getting the Olympic gold for the first time in its history.
Moreover, the 'Dream Team' US will play its second match of Group A men's basketball weak against Venezuela, rival that comes in handy to send a new warning to his rivals.
United States, current Olympic champion, debuted Saturday with a landslide victory in Group A on China by 119-62 and no one seems able to stop to his third consecutive gold.
And if that were not enough, his main opponent in the search for gold, Spain, lost on Sunday against all odds against Croatia 72-70 and the way in Group B will not be a bed of roses.
- Phelps 19, Djokovic 0 -
And if Phelps siguó enlarging his legend on Sunday with his gold medal nineteenth-and 23 in total, Novak Djokovic could not exorcise his demons Olympic.
'Nole', the owner of men's tennis for two years' Take 108 weeks at the front of the classification of the ATP, you still can not enshrined in the Games, where he only managed a bronze in Beijing 2008.
Sunday suffered perhaps the greatest humiliation of his career by being eliminated in the first round of Rio 2016 with his friend Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro.
The 'Tower of Tandil' won 7-6 (7/4) 7-6 (7/2) and frustrate him again, as he did four years ago when he won in London-2012 in the party bronze medal.
- Kosovo on the Olympic map -
Majlinda Kelmendi judoka gave the first gold medal by winning Kosovo in the -52 kg category in the absolute debut of the young Balkan republic.
After winning the decisive battle Giuffrida Italian Odette, Kelmendi collapsed on the mat, before greeting the handful of compatriots present in the scenario that did not stop encouraging her to cry, "Ko-so-vo! Ko-so- vo ".
In a day full of batacazos Sunday, weak Iraq national football team snatched a 0-0 draw at the 'Selecao' Neymar, another new hosts frustrating performance in the debut matched by the same score against South Africa .
Brazil now has beards to soak in search of the gold medal, the only award missing from the selected world champions.
A premature removal of the Selecao would shake these Games Rio to the ground.
Del Potro gets trapped in an elevator of the Olympic Village
Argentine tennis player Juan Martin del Potro, who on Sunday will face world number 1, Novak Djokovic, got stuck in an elevator of the Olympic Village by a power outage and was rescued by the handball team.
"Thus began his day @delpotrojuan: 40 minutes locked in an elevator of the Olympic village by a power outage," reported journalist Jorge Viale Twitter, accompanying the message with a photo of tandilense sitting on the floor of the elevator.
"No cell signal, he was rescued by members of the Gladiators, the Argentina team of handball," he added in another tweet.
Information confirmed by one of the team handball, Federico Pizarro, also through social networking, with photo included with the player. "The power went out and got someone was locked ,, the gladiators to rescue @delpotrojuan".
The Argentina press, much given to puns, soon to take advantage of the story: "Nole turn off the light," he headlined the daily Olé, referring to the name with which is known to Djokovic.
"Thus began his day @delpotrojuan: 40 minutes locked in an elevator of the Olympic village by a power outage," reported journalist Jorge Viale Twitter, accompanying the message with a photo of tandilense sitting on the floor of the elevator.
"No cell signal, he was rescued by members of the Gladiators, the Argentina team of handball," he added in another tweet.
Information confirmed by one of the team handball, Federico Pizarro, also through social networking, with photo included with the player. "The power went out and got someone was locked ,, the gladiators to rescue @delpotrojuan".
The Argentina press, much given to puns, soon to take advantage of the story: "Nole turn off the light," he headlined the daily Olé, referring to the name with which is known to Djokovic.
Phelps follows the harvest gold and Del Potro gives the biggest surprise in Rio-2016
Swimmer Michael Phelps king hanged himself on Sunday in Rio-2016 gold medal and expanded its inexhaustible prize list 19 golds, on a day when Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro gave the biggest surprise of the Games so far to remove the monarch tennis, Novak Djokovic.
Phelps, who in total 23 medals in Olympic Games, was the second relay and got a good advantage for the American team, who finished imposed on France (silver) and Australia (bronze).
The 'Shark' Baltimore is the highest medal winner in the history of the Olympic Games.
But who she thwarted his intention to win his first gold was No. 1 Novak Djokovic, who lost to Argentine Juan Martin del Potro in a day dominated tennis surprises.
Del Potro, who seemed to have overcome the persistent problems in their wrists, subjected Djokovic 7-6 (7/4) 7-6 (7/2) in a clash in which Europe was massively supported by the Brazilian public.
At the beginning of the road to Rio, 'Nole' thwarted his goal of treasuring the Olympic title, the only prize that is missing in their showcases nourished.
The Tower of Tandil is currently ranked 141 in the world rankings, having reached the Top 10 when he won the US Open in 2009, but was it fully recovered from his injury and threatens to discuss a medal.
The Argentine was also the executioner Serbian London-2012 and snatched the bronze medal.
"It was a wonderful night. I did not expect to win and I'm surprised the level I had, after fighting so replayability power and also thus gain a whole number 1" said Del Potro in the mixed zone.
- Other batacazos -
Two batacazos are also produced in doubles matches, being eliminated the top-seeded tournaments in men and women.
The sisters Serena and Venus Williams were eliminated in first round by Czech Lucie Safarova and the Barbora Strycova 6-3, 6-4.
And the same fate befell the French Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert champions at the US Open-2015 and last Wimbledon before strangers Colombians Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah.
The star of the racket which debuted Sunday, the Spanish Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams had a very quiet day.
Rafa Nadal (3) Beijing- gold in 2008, took a walk to the Argentine Federico Delbonis in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday afternoon that he saddled a resounding 6-2, 6-1.
Another Olympic champion Andy Murray (London, 2012), currently number two in the world, triumphed over Serbian Viktor Troicki 6-3, 6-2.
In women, the favorite Serena Williams had a comfortable debut against Australia with Daria Gavrilova 6-4, 6-2 triumph. His executioner in the final pass of Roland Garros, the Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza, faces Jelena Jankovic.
Majlinda Kelmendi judoka gave the first gold medal by winning Kosovo in the -52 kg category in the absolute debut of the young Balkan republic.
After winning the decisive battle Giuffrida Italian Odette, Kelmendi collapsed on the mat, before greeting the handful of compatriots present in the scenario that did not stop encouraging her to cry, "Ko-so-vo! Ko-so- vo ".
- The alarm is turned on for the Seleção -
In a day full of batacazos Sunday, weak Iraq national football team snatched a draw 0-0 at seleçao Neymar, another new hosts frustrating performance in the debut matched by the same scoreline against South Africa.
Brazil now has beards to soak in search of the gold medal, the only award missing from the selected world champions.
- Again Russia -
And when it seemed that the scandal over Russian doping was fading, he resurged in Paralympic sport with the tough decision of its international committee to suspend that country from the Games of the specialty to be held in Rio from 7 to 18 September.
Michael Phelps achieved its 23rd Olympic medal thanks to free 4x100
American swimmer Michael Phelps won his twenty-third Olympic medal (19 gold, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes) thanks to the American victory in the 4x100 relay of the Games in Rio beating ahead of Frenchman, silver team and the Australian, who is he hung the bronze.
Phelps, who did not plan to swim on the second day, finally jumped into the pool of the Aquatics Centre Rio to add to the cause of the relay. The shark of Baltimore, who swam the second 100, did not disappoint in the first chance he decided to continue making history.
Caeleb Dressel, Ryan and Nathan Adrian Held-along to Phelps-- formed a team that regained the throne in the freestyle relay at the expense of the French, current Olympic champions. The Gauls took the initiative for much of the race.
Phelps, who did not plan to swim on the second day, finally jumped into the pool of the Aquatics Centre Rio to add to the cause of the relay. The shark of Baltimore, who swam the second 100, did not disappoint in the first chance he decided to continue making history.
Caeleb Dressel, Ryan and Nathan Adrian Held-along to Phelps-- formed a team that regained the throne in the freestyle relay at the expense of the French, current Olympic champions. The Gauls took the initiative for much of the race.
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