London 2012: The Olympic Games In Pix Day 1

Djibouti's Yasmin Hassan Farah serves against Brazil's Caroline Kumahara during their women's singles preliminary round table tennis match at the ExCel venue of the London 2012 Olympic Games in London . Grigory Dukor/REUTERS

China's Yi Siling reacts after winning the women's 10m air rifle final competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich in southeast London. Eddie Keogh/REUTERS

Australia's Justin Han serves against Togo's Mawussi Agbetoglo during their men's singles preliminary round table tennis match in London . Grigory Dukor/REUTERS

Louis Smith of Great Britain cries during the men's gymnastics qualification during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Dylan Martinez/REUTERS

Epke Zonderland of Netherlands competes in the horizontal bar at the men's gymnastics qualification during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Dylan Martinez/REUTERS

Argentina's Paula Pareto celebrates after defeating Mongolia's Urantsetseg Munkhbat in women's -48kg bronze medal A judo match at London 2012 Olympic Games. Kim Kyung Hoon/REUTERS

Britain's Sam Oldham competes on the parallel bars during the men's gymnastics qualification during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Dylan Martinez/REUTERS

China's Yi Siling holds up her gold medal, the first of the 2012 London Olympics, at the victory ceremony after the women's 10m air rifle final competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich in London. Kai Pfaffenbach/REUTERS

Russia's Vodopiyanov fights against Argentina's Melian in the Men's Bantam Round of 32 Bout 2 boxing match at ExCeL venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Murad Sezer/REUTERS

Romania's Alina Dumitru celebrates after defeating Japan's Tomoko Fukumi in women's -48kg semi-final A judo match at London 2012 Olympic Games. Toru Hanai/REUTERS

Tunisia's Boubakri celebrates winning against France's Guyart during their women's Individual Foil round of 16 fencing competition at the ExCel venue at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Max Rossi/REUTERS

Germany's Golubytskyi receives assistance during her women's Individual Foil round of 16 fencing competition against Italy's Elisa Di Francisca at the ExCel venue at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Fabrizio Bensch/REUTERS

Ludvig Svennerstal of Sweden riding Shamwari performs during the equestrian Eventing Individual Dressage Day 1 in the Greenwich Park during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Mike Hutchings/REUTERS

Kazakhstan's Alexandr Vinokurov celebrates as he wins the men's cycling road race to claim the gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Paul Hanna/REUTERS

Italy's Vezzali celebrates defeating Tunisia's Boubakri during their women's Individual Foil quarterfinal fencing competition at the ExCel venue at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Damir Sagolj/REUTERS

China's Mingjuan Wang celebrates her lift on the women 48Kg Group A weightlifting competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Dominic Ebenbichler/REUTERS

A tattoo of a Bible verse is seen on the hands of Brady Ellison of the U.S. as he prepares to take aim during the men's archery team quaterfinals at the Lords Cricket Ground during the London 2012 Olympics Games . Suhaib Salem/REUTERS

Dominican's Republic Beatriz Piron prepares to lift on the women 48Kg Group A weightlifting competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Adrees Latif/REUTERS

Germany's Jonas Reckermann tries to make block against Russia during their men's beach volleyball preliminary match at Horse Guards Parade during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Marcelo Del Pozo/REUTERS

India's Soumyajit Ghosh prepares to serve against Brazil's Gustavo Tsuboi during their men's singles first round table tennis match at the ExCel venue of the London 2012 Olympic Games in London. Grigory Dukor/REUTERS

Madagascar's Harinelina N Rakotondramanana competes on the women 48Kg Group A weightlifting competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Adrees Latif/REUTERS

Nigeria's Akanji fights against Ireland's O'Neill in the Men's Middle (75kg) Round of 32 boxing match at ExCeL venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Murad Sezer/REUTERS

Samuel Mikulak of the U.S. competes in the vault at the men's gymnastics qualification in the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Brian Snyder/REUTERS

Kohei Uchimura of Japan dismounts after competing in the rings at the men's gymnastics qualification in London. Brian Snyder/REUTERS

Thailand's Sirivimon Pramongkhol drops weights on the women 48Kg Group A weightlifting competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Dominic Ebenbichler/REUTERS

Michael Phelps of the U.S. reacts after finishing in fourth place in the men's 400m individual medley during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre. Michael Dalder/REUTERS

Brothers Bob and Mike Bryan of the U.S. celebrate after defeating Sa and Bellucci of Brazil in their men's doubles tennis match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Sergio Moraes/REUTERS

Dana Vollmer of the U.S. prepares to swim in the women's 100m butterfly semi-final at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Michael Dalder/REUTERS

China's Sun Yang celebrates after he won the men's 400m freestyle final at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre. Toby Melville/REUTERS

Medallists pose on podium during the award ceremony for the women's Individual Foil fencing competition at the ExCel venue at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Max Rossi/REUTERS

Ryan Lochte of the U.S. holds his gold medal after winning the men's 400m individual medley during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Michael Dalder/REUTERS

South Africa's Freedom Chiya dives for the ball during the men's beach volleyball preliminary match against the U.S. at the Horse Guards Parade during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Marcelo Del Pozo/REUTERS

South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh reacts after setting an Olympic record during the men's 100m breatstroke semi-final . Toby Melville/REUTERS

Diego Hypolito of Brazil reacts after competing in the floor exercise event during the men's gymnastics qualification during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Dylan Martinez/REUTERS

Great Britain's Stewart grabs Australia's Batkovic during their women's Group B basketball match at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the Basketball arena. Mike Segar/REUTERS

Annie Lush, Kate Macgregor and Lucy Macgregor of Britain sail in the Elliott 6m class before a practice race in Weymouth and Portland. Pascal Lauener/REUTERS

Netherlands Olympic cycling team practices at Velodrome in Olympic Park during London 2012 Olympic Games in London. Luke MacGregor/REUTERS