Beijing 2008: The Olympics, day 2

US swimmer Michael Phelps dives into the pool during the men's 400m individual medley swimming final. Phelps smashed his world record in winning the first of a potential record-breaking eight gold medals Photograph: Michael Kappeler /AFP

Inge Dekker of the Netherlands celebrates after her team won the women's 4x100m freestyle relay swimming final Photograph: Martin Bureau /AFP

Canada's Nansy Damianova makes a mistake as she competes on the uneven bars in the women's qualification of the artistic gymnastics Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP

Grant Hackett of Australia looks dejected after finishing the men's 400m freestyle final in sixth place Photograph: Adam Pretty/Getty

An Iran player attempts to block a pass from Russian Aleksey Savrasenko during their men's basketball preliminary round group match Photograph: Filippo Monteforte /AFP

Koko Tsurumi of Japan looks at a wound on her hand as she competes on the uneven bars during the women's qualification of the artistic gymnastics Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi /AFP

Spain's Iker Romero collides with Croatia's Davor Dominikovic, left, during their men's handball preliminary match Photograph: Kevin Frayer /AP

Canada centre forward Nathaniel Miller, left, looks towards the official after he was whistled for a foul during a preliminary round men's water polo match against Spain Photograph: Mark Humphrey/AP

Nastia Liukin of the US competes on the balance beam during the women's qualification for the artistic gymnastics event Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP

Joanne Galletly of New Zealand is challenged by Chie Kimura of Japan during their women's hockey pool match Photograph: Michael Steele /Getty

Masaharu Yamada of Japan celebrates a successful lift in the men's 56kg weightlifting Photograph: Harry How/Getty

German rider Andreas Dibowski with his horse Butts Leon during his performance in the eventing dressage in Hong Kong Photograph: Harish Tyagi/EPA

Polish fencer Radoslaw Zawrotniak pulls off his face guard after his defeat against Hungary's Gabor Boczko during their men's individual epee quarter-final Photograph: Adrian Dennis /AFP

South Korea's Park Sunghwan returns a shot to Canada's Andrew Dabeka during the men's singles first round badminton match Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

Qiong Maimaitituersun of China receives a blow from Gennady Kovalev of Russia during a men's light welterweight 64kg preliminary boxing match. Kovalev was the victor. Photograph: Murad Sezer /AP

Noemi Batki and Francesca Dallape of Italy compete in the women's synchronized 3m springboard final Photograph: Adam Pretty/Getty

Raema Lisa Rumbewas from Indonesia competes in the women's 53kg weightlifting Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP

Portugal's Pedro Dias grimaces after losing to North Korea's Chol Min-pak during the judo half lightweight division preliminaries Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP

Briony Cole and Sharleen Stratton of Australia compete in the women's synchronized 3m springboard final Photograph: Ezra Shaw/Getty

The peloton rides through heavy rain in the women's road race cycling competition Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters

Argentina's Andres Marcelo Nocioni goes for a hook shot against Robertas Javtokas of Lithuania during a men's preliminary round basketball match Photograph: Gabriel Bouys /AFP

Kentaro Asahi of Japan celebrates scoring a point in front of Christoph Dieckmann of Germany during their men's preliminary round beach volleyball match Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters