Rio Olympics 2016: GB losing out already? - Codedphase

Saturday 6 August 2016

Rio Olympics 2016: GB losing out already?

Rio Olympics 2016: GB cyclists miss out on medals, plus day one round-up

Great Britain's cyclists missed out on their country's main gold medal chance of day one at the Rio 2016 Olympics but swimmer Adam Peaty set a world record.

Geraint Thomas suffered a late crash in the men's road race while GB's three-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome was also down the field as Belgian Greg van Avermaet triumphed.
American shooter Ginny Thrasher, 19, won the first gold of the 31st Games.
Peaty broke his own record in reaching the 100m breaststroke semi-finals.
As the first medals were won, there was drama elsewhere - with a controlled explosion on an unattended bag, while a stray military bullet landed in a media tent.
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A gruelling road race ended with Van Avermaet sprinting first across the line after passing Poland's Rafal Majka in the last few seconds.
British hopes were ended when Thomas crashed on the final descent, after Froome and compatriot Adam Yates failed to stay with the leaders in the 237.5km race.
Welshman Thomas remounted to finish 10th, one place ahead of Froome, who had to be told to register for the race by two BBC journalists - minutes before the start at Fort Copacabana - after failing to hear his name being called over the public address system.
There was a surprise name as the first gold medal winner of the Games - Ginny Thrasher.
A biomedical engineering student, she secured her maiden major international victory in the women's 10m air rifle, scoring 208.0 to leave China's 2006 world champion Du Li with silver.

 

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