The best of Day 1 from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games — in pictures

Mitch Dielemans, second left, of the Netherlands in action against Spain in the men’s team competition Archery. Diego Azubel / EPA

Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria in action against Marin Cilic of Croatia in the tennis men’s singles. Kevin Lamarque / Reuters

Arthur Mariano of Brazil reacts after competing in the Artistic Gymnastics Men’s Team qualification. Alex Livesey / Getty Images

Max Litchfield of Great Britain competes in Heat 3 of the men’s 400m Individual Medley. Clive Rose / Getty Images

Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan (white) competes against Diyorbek Urozboev of Uzbekistan in the Men’s -60kg Judo. Laurence Griffiths / Getty Images

France centre Rudy Gobert, left, goes to the basket against Australia forward Aron Baynes, right, during the Men’s Group A basketball match. Mark Ralston / AFP

Great Britain’s Emily Scott, left, avoids a tackle from Brazil’s Isadora Cerullo, on her way to score a try during the women’s rugby sevens match. Themba Hadebe / AP Photo

South Korea’s Sim Hae-in, centre, against Russia during the women’s preliminary handball match. Ben Curtis / AP Photo

USA’s Connor Jaeger, left, competes in a heat of the men’s 400m freestyle. /David J Phillip / AP Photo

Alexandra Wenk of Germany competes in Heat 4 of the women’s 100m Butterfly. Adam Pretty / Getty Images

Tatiana Logunova, right, of Russia competes against Nozomi Sato of Japan in the Women’s Epee Individual Table of 32. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA

Germany’s Fabian Hambuechen celebrates after his performance on the horizontal bar during the artistic gymnastics men’s qualification. Julio Cortez / AP Photo

Great Britain row during the Men’s Quadruple Sculls rowing competition. Damien Meyer / AFP

USA’s Carlos Zenon Balderas Jr, right, fights Kazakhstan’s Berik Abdrakhmanov during a men’s lightweight preliminary boxing match. Frank Franklin II / AP Photo

Yeon Koung Kim of South Korea, right, bumps a shot against Japan during the Women’s Preliminary Pool A match. Patrick Smith / Getty Images

Recapping Day 1 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, The National’s photo editor, James O’Hara has compiled a selection of the best photos from the action.

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