Hello and welcome to The Australian’s live coverage of the Rio Olympic Games. It’s day one and Australia already have two gold medals thanks to 400m freestyle swimmer Mack Horton and the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay team, as well as a bronze in the men’s archery competition.
Quotes of the day
• “Definitely a win for the good guys. Don’t know if it was a rivalry between me and him, just me and an athlete who has tested positive I guess.”
- Australian Olympic debutant swimmer Mack Horton taking aim at China’s controversial champion Sun Yang, who he beat in the final.
• “Richie actually made the joke as he was lying there in the gutter, quite in a lot of pain, ‘Macca, I don’t think I’m in for the time trial’.”
- Australian men’s road cycling coach Brad McGee after medal hope Richie Porte crashed out of the Olympics.
• “We heard a big noise like someone hit a hammer on iron and we all looked around and then we saw the bullet on the ground.”
- French photographer Pierre Costababie tells how a bullet landed in a media room at the equestrian venue.
• “We knuckled down defensively. Before the tournament we said that we need to be pricks defensively.”
- Andrew Bogut after Australia trounced France 87-66 to open an Olympic men’s basketball tournament with a win for the first time in 20 years.
• “If you are rowing this week, you better know how to swim.”
Egyptian rower Nadia Negm after athletes battled waves and crosswinds on the opening day of racing.
• “It’s an absolute honour to swim against Katie Ledecky, but to be honest I knew she had no chance,”
- Swimmer Cate Campbell on her US opponent after the Australian women’s 4x100m freestyle relay team defended their gold medal title with a world record time.
Australia top medal table
All that glory in the pool also means we’re currently topping the medal table... Go team!
Dream start: current medal standings on day one.
Gold in the women’s relay!
It’s GOLD again for Australia in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay... and a new world record! Incredible performance from Cate & Bronte Campbell, Emma Mckeon and Brittany Elmslie.
Australia beat silver medallists the United States, clocking 3 minutes 30.65 seconds and bettering Australia’s previous world-best mark of 3:30.98 set at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
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