London 2012 Olympics: Day One Photo Gallery

Victoria Zhilinskayte of Russia jumps to shoot during the women's Group A handball match as Russia take on Angola at the Copper Box

Spectators capture the moment as the peloton passes Buckingham Palace at the start of the the men's road cycling

Michael Phelps of the United States swims breaststroke as he competes in the men's 400m individual medley at the Aquatics Centre

Ashley Mckenzie of Great Britain goes out of the Men's 60kg Judo after losing to Hiroaki Hiraoka of Japan at ExCeL in East London

Japan's Shiho Nishioka (left) takes on Hong Kong's Po Heung Lin during their women's fencing bout at ExCel

Xiaoyun Song suffers an inauspicious start to her Games, taking a tumble as China face Czech Republic in the women's basketball at the Basketball Arena

Helen Glover and Heather Stanning of Great Britain set a new Olympic record in the women's pair heats at Eton Dorney

Irina Osipova of Russia shoots against Courtnay Pilypaitis of Canada during women's basketball at the Basketball Arena, London

China's Yi Siling celebrates the first gold medal of London 2012 after winning the women's 10m air rifle at the Royal Artillery Barracks

Great Britain's male gymnasts outscore Olympic and world champions China on the opening morning of London 2012 at North Greenwich Arena

Lely Berlitt Burgos Ortiz of Puerto Rico in the Women's 48kg Group A weightlifting at ExCeL

Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan wins gold in the men's cycling road race, with Team GB's Mark Cavendish finishing in 28th place

Stefan Hartel and Enrique Collazo Pelaiz

Stefan Hartel of Germany is on the receiving end against Enrique Collazo Pelaiz of Puerto Rico during their round of men's middleweight at ExCel in London. Hartel was awarded an 18-10 points decision

Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia prepares a shot against Czech Republic's Petr Koukal during their men's singles badminton match at Wembley Arena

Kelly Smith and Casey Stoney of Great Britain celebrate after Smith scored a goal during the women's football first round match between Great Britain and Cameroon at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Great Britain went on to win the game 3-0

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