Olympics: Rio rocks into action with swimming, rugby in spotlightRIO DE JANEIRO: Swimming and the debut of rugby sevens headline the opening day of the Rio Olympics on Saturday when 12 gold medals will be decided. Four years ago, Wiggins followed up becoming the first ever Briton to win the Tour by adding Olympic gold in London. US teams are 130-5 in the Olympics, failing to win the gold medal on only three occasions in 17 attempts. Rugby sevens makes its Games debut with women’s teams from trans-Tasman rivals Australia and New Zealand fancied to battle it out with Canada and Britain for gold. Golds will also be decided in women’s weightlifting in the 48kg class, men’s team archery, women’s epee fencing and in judo where the men’s 60kg and women’s 48kg titles will be won.

Source: Manila Times August 06, 2016 06:00 UTC