2016 Rio Olympics Day One Recap
USA Soccer Defeats France 1-0 (@Rio2016/Twitter)
The 2016 Rio Olympics are officially underway and following the opening ceremony on Friday night, Day one in Rio saw a cavalcade of sports take place throughout Saturday. From disappointing upsets to incredible finishes, fans across the world played witness to what makes the Olympics so captivating.
Team USA had a busy first day and should be happy with their current standing in the medal count, with one goal and four silver being earned all in the first day of action leaves USA is atop the medal list with five!
Here is a full recap of Day One in Rio
Archery:
No Team USA participation
Basketball:
USA opens Group B play with matchup against Senegal at 11am ET on 8/07/16
Beach Volleyball:
Walsh and Ross (USA) earn first win in Rio (@USAVolleyball/Twitter)
Prelims Pool C - Kerri Walsh Jennings & April Ross (USA) def. Mariafe Artacho del Solar & Nicole Laird 2-0 (21-14, 21-13). Kerri Walsh Jennings returned to Rio for anther shot at Gold this time with new partner, April Ross. The duo took to the sand for their opening match against Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Nicole Laird Saturday night and won in straight sets.
Boxing:
No Team USA participation
Cycling:
Road Race begins 8/07/16
Equestrian:
No Women’s Events
Fencing:
Individual Epee - Round of 32
Top Americans fall in opening matches of individual epee Round of 32. The Courtney Hurley and Katharine Holmes drop overtime decisions.
Erika Kirpu (EST) def. Katharine Holmes (USA) 5-4 OT
Yana Shemyakina (UKR) def. Courtney Hurley (USA) 14-13 OT
Nathalie Moellhausen (BRA) def. Kelley Hurley (USA) (15-12)
Field Hockey:
USA pulls off upset of Argentina 2-1 in opening play (@USAFieldHockey/Twitter)
Prelims Pool B – USA upsets Argentina 2-1
Michelle Kasold and Katie Rinprecht score to help guide USA to win. Goalkeeper Jackie Briggs was great in net for the US as they move atop pool B with upset win over.
Gymnastics:
No Events Today
Handball:
No Team USA participation
Judo:
No Team USA Participation
Rowing:
USA Singles Rower Gevvie Stone (@USRowing/Twitter)
Single Sculls Heat – Gevvie Stone 8:29:67 first in Heat 2
Double Sculls Heat – Meghan O’Leary and Ellen Tomek fail to qualify
Quadruple Sculls Heat – USA Finishes second to last
Gevvie Stone becomes only American to move on in Rowing on day one, Stone finished first in Heat 2 of the Single Sculls to earn a shot at a medal in the finals.
Rugby:
USA Falls to Fiji, Defeats Colombia to split day one (@NBCOlympics/Twitter)
Prelim Pool A – Fiji def. USA 12-7
Prelim Pool A – USA def. Colombia 48-0
In their first Olympic competition, USA suffered a tough loss to Fiji 12-7 but found their stride in second match of the day against Colombia. The win is the first ever for USA Rugby in Olympic competition.
Shooting:
Virginia "Ginny" Thrsher wins first gold in Rio (@USAShooting/Twitter)
Virginia “Ginny” Thrasher became the first Gold medalist of Olympics by shooting a 10.4 on her final shot to win by one point in 10m Air Rifle competition.
Soccer:
USA Defeats France 1-0 behind Carli Lloyds Goal (USA Womens Soccer/Twitter)
Prelim Group G – USA def. France 1-0
Carli Lloyd yet again finds the back of the net to lead USA to 1-0 victory. Hope Solo kept France off the scoresheet with spectacular saves. Solo earned her 200th cap and now has over 100 shutouts in international competition.
Swimming:
USA Swimming earns Silver in 4x100m Freestyle Relay (@USASwimming/Getty Images/Twitter)
Women’s 100m Butterfly Semi Finals – Dana Vollmer Qualifies for Finals
Women’s 400m Individual Medley Final – Maya DiRado earns Silver
Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final – Team USA earns Silver
Table Tennis:
Lily Zhang moves into third round of singles in Table Tennis (@USATableTennis/Twitter)
Lily Zhang pulls off incredible upset and sweeps her way into the third round.
1st Round Singles - Yue Wu(USA) def. Odorova 4-1
1st Round Singles – Lily Zhang(USA) def. Arvelo 4-0
2nd Round Singles – Yue Wu(USA) falls to Matilda Ekholm 2-4
2nd Round Singles – Lily Zhang(USA) def. Jieni Shao 4-0
Tennis:
Venus falls in Opening Round of Rio (@SportingNews/Twitter)
1st Round: Madison Keys is the lone American to advance on day one as Sloane Stephens and Venus Williams are dealt early exits from Rio.
Madison Keys def. Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3
Eugenie Bouchard def. Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-3
Kirsten Flipkens def. Venus Williams 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(5)
Volleyball:
USA dominates Puerto Rico in Opening Match (@USAVolleyball/Twitter)
Prelims Pool B – USA def. Puerto Rico 3-0
USA holds off a gritty Puerto Rican team to sweep opening match 3-0. Kim Hill and Kelly Murphy each notch 14points in win. Blocking was a huge part of the game plan against PR, USA averaged 3.33 blocks in the match.
Water Polo:
Tuesday August 9th USA vs. Spain
Weightlifting:
Morghan King finishes 6th in Women’s 48kg
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