Olympics Day One

Kathrine Maaseide of Norway gestures to her compatriot Susanne Glesnes during their beach volleyball match against Belgium Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters

Ragna Bjorg Ingolfsdottir of Iceland returns a shot during her badminton singles first round match against Eriko Hirose of Japan Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters

Australian eventing rider Lucinda Fredericks reacts after her performance on her horse, Headley Britannia, in the eventing dressage at the equestrian arena in Hong Kong Photograph: Harish Tyagi/EPA

British Yngling sailors Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson in action during the first race in front of Qingdao Olympic sailing area Photograph: Adi Weda/EPA

Chen Xiexia of China lifts 117kg to set a new Olympic record in the women's 48kg Group A clean and jerk weightlifting competition Photograph: Yves Herman /Reuters

Tunisian Azza Besbes celebrates after winning her women's individual sabre eliminations round of 32 match against French Leonore Perrus at the Fencing Hall of National Convention Center in Beijing Photograph: Omar Torres/AFP

Mariama Signate of France shoots on goal during the handball match between France and Angola, held at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Beijing. France went on to win the match 32-21 Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty

The legs of Kim Kyong Jin of North Korea and Hovhannes Davtyan of Armenia become tangled during their 60kg preliminary judo bout at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium Photograph: Ezra Shaw/Getty

Shimaa Hashad of Egypt shoots during the 10m air rifle women's qualification in the Beijing Shooting Range Hall Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

Irena Wieckowska (L) from Poland and Siobhan Claire Byrne from Ireland compete in the women's individual sabre in Beijing Photograph: Daniel Dal Zennaro /EPA

Stefan Ruettgeroth of Germany competes in the men's trap qualification shooting event held at the Beijing Shooting Range Photograph: Harry How /Getty

Competitors cycle past the portrait of Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square during the men's road race cycling competition Photograph: Laszlo Balogh/Reuters

Kai Wen Tan of the US competes in the men's qualification rings event during the artistic gymnastics competition Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

Eva Csernoviczki of Hungary (blue) throws Sarah Menezes of Brazil in the air during their Women 48kg preliminary judo fight Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

The target is reflected on the sunglasses of archer Park Sung-Hyun of South Korea during the ranking round Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP

China's Liu Dan, center, runs into Spain's Anna Montanana (12), left, and Laura Nicholls, right, during the first quarter of their women's preliminary basketball game in Beijing. China won 67-64 Photograph: Eric Gay/AP