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(L-R) Australia's Brittany Elmslie, Emma Mckeon, Bronte Campbell and Cate Campbell celebrate after breaking the world record to win the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 6, 2016 (AFP Photo/Gabriel Bouys) 
  
 Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Record-breaking Australia -- inspired by Mack Horton and Cate Campbell -- put their stamp on the Rio Olympics and moved top of the medals table after an intense first day of action. 
  
 Bomb and bullet scares and a horrific double leg break were among the shocks on Saturday, while fans fumed over long queues for venues at Rio's Olympic Park. 
  
 But a trio of swimming world records and a first ever Olympic gold for Vietnam kept the focus on the sporting action as 12 titles were handed out. 
  
 There was joy for teenage American shooter Ginny Thrasher, who upset China's champions to snare the first gold of the Games in the women's 10m air pistol. 
  
 Belgium's Greg Van Avermaet won a crash-filled men's cycling road race, and rugby returned to the Games after a gap of 92 years. 
  
 Britain's Adam Peaty was the early star in the swimming pool. He set an eye-popping new world record of 57.55sec in the men's 100m breaststroke heats -- his first ever Olympic swim. 
  
 Later Hungary's Katinka Hosszu shattered the world record by more than two seconds to win the women's 4x100m individual medley. 
  
 But Australia dominated the first night in the pool, first when Horton dethroned China's Sun Yang to win the men's 400m freestyle. 
  
 Individual world record-holder Campbell then anchored Australia to 4x100m freestyle gold in 3min 30.65sec, the fastest time in history. 
  
 "Definitely my favorite race ever, in an Olympic final with my sister and two girls I have known since I was 12, 13 years old and a gold and a world record," said Campbell, who swam with Emma McKeon, Brittany Elmslie and her sister Bronte. 
  
 "You can't ask for more," said Bronte Campbell. "Every kid dreams of it, it's what we always hoped for." 
  
 The results pushed Australia to the top of the early medals table and confirmed their return to prominence in swimming, after their poor outing at London 2012. 
  
 The Rio Games started with an unwanted bang when a military bomb squad detonated a suspicious package near the finish of the men's cycle race at Copacabana beach, causing jitters among onlookers. 
  
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 At the equestrian venue at Deodoro, which is on a military base, a stray bullet ripped through the media centre's canvas roof and landed on the floor. 
  
 "All authorities assured that the bullet was a stray bullet that has nothing to do with the Games or the Olympic family or the press. The area was not a target," said Games spokesman Mario Andrada. 
  
 Later Hoang Xuan Vinh wrote his name in the history books when he won the men's 10m air pistol, claiming the first ever gold medal for communist Vietnam. 
  
 "It's the first gold medal in Vietnam's history, I feel very lucky," said the modest, 41-year-old military officer. 
  
 Thailand's Sopita Tanasan won the first weightlifting gold, the women's -48kg, with a total lift of 200kg. 
  
 Scandal-hit Russia, under fire over a massive doping scandal, got off the mark when Beslan Mudranov won the men's 60kg judo. 
  
 Van Avermaet avoided a crash on the final descent and overhauled leader Rafal Majka with a lung-busting sprint to win the 237.5km (147.5 miles) cycle race. 
  
 "It was the hardest day I've ever had in my life on a bike," said Ireland's Dan Martin, who finished 13th, one place behind Tour de France winner Chris Froome. 
  
 Serbian rowers Milos Vasic and Nenad Bedik capsized in choppy waters at the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, but won a reprieve when they were allowed to move into the next round. 
  
 French gymnast Samir Ait Said suffered Olympic agony. His lower left leg snapped and skewed to a gruesome angle when he landed awkwardly from a vault. 
  
 Yusra Mardini, the Syrian refugee who was swimming for her life to a Greek island less than a year ago, won her 100m butterfly heat but failed to reach the semi-finals. 
  
 "Everything was amazing. It was the only thing I ever wanted was to compete in the Olympics," said the 18-year-old, who is representing the Games' first ever refugee team. ||||| Officials stand near the body of a man that was shot and killed near Maracana Stadium. (Photo: Mark Humphrey, AP) 
  
 RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio police say a man was shot dead near Maracana Stadium after Friday's Olympic opening ceremony. 
  
 According to Rio's Civil Police Department, a 22-year-old Brazilian named Ronaldo Marques de Souza was assaulting people in the crowd as the 53,000 attendees were being let out of the stadium. An officer from an unidentified agency who was assisting with Olympic security responded and shot the man, according to a statement. 
  
 Brazilian officials have pulled in police from around the country to conduct security around the Games, a total of 85,000 law enforcement officials. The statement from Rio police said the officer came from another state in Brazil, but did not specify which one. 
  
 Associated Press photographers gave a different account of the shooting. They reported hearing multiple, loud gun shots, forcing Games volunteers and others leaving the ceremony to duck for cover behind cars. The photographers said they then saw a shooter running from the scene and fleeing in a car close to a university parking lot. 
  
 After police and medics arrived on the scene, paramedics were seen treating the victim as blood poured from his body onto the road. 
  
 Rio police says it is continuing its investigation. 
  
 This is the second shooting death in the Olympic city this week, and that one has varying descriptions as well. Brazil police originally said a Russian diplomat fought off a would-be robber, whose gun went off. The alleged assailant was killed. The Russian embassy, though, said no Russian official was involved. ||||| Rio De Janeiro: A stray bullet, believed to have been fired from a Brazilian military rifle, has narrowly missed photographers during the first day of Olympic competition at the Equestrian Centre in Rio De Janeiro. 
  
 Olympic organisers and the military are trying to work out where the bullet, which pierced the plastic roof of the media centre canvas and landed within metres of photographers, came from. 
  
 British freelance photographer Jon Stroud, who was sitting closest to where the bullet landed, expanded on the frightening ordeal which shocked the entire media centre located next to the Brazilian military base in Deodoro. 
  
 "It was general disbelief," Stroud said. 
  
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 "You have to take a while to process that feeling. It's fortunate it's come through in a corner in a clear area. But a few feet in any direction you start getting into tables and computers and journalists and photographers." 
  
 There were close to 100 working media in the press centre at the time. 
  
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 The Equestrian Centre is heavily guarded by police and armed military, most standing with rifle in hand as they protect the streets of Rio. 
  
 "We were in here in the lunch break, which is the busiest time in the press room ​and just heard a really loud bang right behind us," Stroud said. 
  
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 "We just thought it was something falling off the ceiling, a light or something like that. We went over and took a look, lying on the ground over there was a bullet. A stray round. We were pretty shocked at the time. 
  
 "A member of the photo team here took the bullet away. There was a lot of discussion on radios and a little while later we saw them just outside the door there with military, passing the bullet back and forth and trying to establish where it might have come from." 
  
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 Despite being so close to the military base, Stroud said he was flabbergasted anyone was allowed to fire a shot with thousands of people flocking to many of the Olympic venues through the rough streets of Deodoro. 
  
 "If anything I feel a bit amazed that during an Olympic competition, albeit the fact we're on a military site, that there could be any kind of sanctioned live fire within range of any kind of where we all are," Stroud said. 
  
 "I can't begin to imagine who thought that was a good thing." 
  
 Commotion as bullet pierces the #Rio2016 #Olympics equestrian press office and clatters to floor of the packed room https://t.co/ti2zhYQ0oa — Alice Collins (@msAliceCollins) August 6, 2016 
  
 An investigation between police, military and Olympic organisers is taking place to determine where the bullet came from. 
  
 But a Rio Olympics spokesperson insists "100 per cent it has nothing to do with the Games." 
  
 "Authorities are investigating but the bullet, the distance, where it comes from, why it comes here, the first information that we have got is that they can already determine that this area was not a target," he said. 
  
 "It was a stray bullet. They can also confirm it has nothing to do with the Games, but they cannot be more precise at the moment. All investigations are being carried out with army, technical experts, local police. 
  
 "We don't have any information if they were doing firing exercises so we don't have any information if they are going to continue to do them. 
  
 "They have assured us they have re-enforced security around this area." 
  
  ||||| A stray bullet fired into a media tent at the equestrian venue and a controlled explosion near the finish line of the road cycling threatened to overshadow the opening day of action at the 2016 Olympics. 
  
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 Even as organisers scrambled to investigate both issues, they were also having to promise to redouble efforts to shift unsold tickets and improve long queueing times amid angry complaints from those who had not been able to enter venues in time to watch the action. 
  
 While there was an upbeat mood in the city and organisers were pleased with the reaction to Friday’s opening ceremony, empty seats in many venues and long queues to get into others soon caused frustration and delays. 
  
 The most dramatic incident of the day came as eyewitnesses reported a bullet from a 5.56mm assault rifle pierced the roof of the media tent and fell to the floor near a Team GB press officer and a British photographer working for the British Equestrian Foundation. 
  
 The venue is next door to a media base and there was speculation that it may have accidentally been fired from there. A Rio 2016 spokesman said: “We are aware of the incident and monitoring the investigation by the security forces. No one was hurt.” 
  
 At Copacabana, as crowds gathered to watch the denouement to the men’s cycling road race, there was a brief commotion when bomb control officers arrived suddenly to detonate a suspect package about 150 yards from the finish line. “The security services found a suspicious package … and as a precaution decided to perform a controlled explosion,” said a Rio 2016 spokesman. 
  
 Officials said there was no impact on the race, which was at that point only halfway through. The suspect package was believed to be a small bag. 
  
 On the morning after the opening ceremony the night before, largely well received by the Brazilian media and public, organisers hoped to maintain the momentum. But huge swaths of empty seats visible in the gymnastics, boxing, handball, rugby sevens and hockey arenas as the action got under way detracted from the picture postcard backdrops on show elsewhere. 
  
 On Copacabana, fans faced huge queues to enter the beach volleyball arena while others waited in line to buy tickets. Meanwhile the action started in front of largely empty stands, although they were much fuller later with Brazilian athletes in action. 
  
 While some queues were good-natured, at others fans became angry at having to endure lengthy security queues. “I don’t believe it. It’s absurd, ridiculous,” said Natalia Carvalho, 28, a Rio resident who had wanted to see Brazilian gymnast and medal hopeful Arthur Zanetti compete. 
  
 Games organisers blamed the situation on a lack of coordination between various groups of security personnel, including the police, Games staff and private security firms. The Rio 2016 director of communications blamed it on the fact “the systems did not talk to each other”. 
  
 In a later statement, organisers said: “We apologise to any spectators who have had to queue on the first day of competition. We are fully aware of the problem and frustration it causes. We requested that the relevant authorities increase the speed and effectiveness that people can enter the park by requesting more employees to work on the x-ray machines. 
  
 “Following improvements the lines returned to normal by mid-morning. We appreciate the patience and understanding shown by fans and will use this experience to improve for the forthcoming days of competition.” 
  
 The Deodoro Stadium in the north of the city was almost entirely empty at 11am when rugby returned to the Olympics, except for a few small bands of travelling fans cowering in the shade. But it filled up a little before Brazil’s match against Great Britain, as a few hundred home fans turned out to cheer their team. 
  
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 At the morning swimming heats at the Aquatics Centre on the Olympic Park in Barra, about 20km from central Rio, the stands were roughly a third full. Venues started to fill up as the day went on and in previous Games, notably in Beijing, there have been empty seats in the first few days and stands have become fuller as the fortnight has gone on. 
  
 But there remains substantial scepticism over the official figure of 80%, or 4.9m, tickets having been sold. As revealed by the Guardian earlier this week, organisers outlined plans to give away ticket to schoolchildren. The first tranche will involve around 240,000 tickets at less popular sports such as rugby sevens and golf. 
  
 “As we have already reached 100% of our revenue target, where we have places available for some sessions, we will give the opportunity to students of our education programme, Transforma, volunteers, and other partner projects, as part of our engagement effort,” said a spokesman. 
  
 “We are conducting the first Olympic Games in South America and we want to take this opportunity to bring the sports and the athletes closer to the warmth of the young Brazilians.” 
  
 Organisers have also accelerated their advertising campaign to sell tickets for less popular sports under the slogan “There is emotion in every place”. 
  
 A spokesman said that there was a daily acceleration in sales and that they were relying on the fact Brazilians traditionally bought tickets at the last minute. 
  
 However, the website shows that tickets remain available not only for the football and less popular sports but for some of the blue riband events on the track and in the pool. |||||
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– It's been an eventful first two days for the Rio Olympics, but probably not in the way organizers were hoping. Brazilian police say an officer shot and killed a 22-year-old man who was attacking people as they left Maracana stadium Friday following the opening ceremony, USA Today reports. According to AFP, the man was mugging people. But reporters at the scene say it happened completely differently. They say people ducked for cover when gunshots rang out as thousands of people left the stadium. They then saw the shooter running into a nearby car and driving off. On Saturday, the Brazilian military executed a controlled explosion near the finish line of the men's road cycling race. They were blowing up a suspicious bag that had been left unattended, the Guardian reports. Officials say the bag may have belonged to a homeless man, but they had to take precautions. The racers were 60 miles away at the time, but the explosion "stunned" people hoping to watch the end of the race, according to AFP. The Sydney Morning Herald reports a bullet came ripping through the media room at the Deodora equestrian center and landed near a photographer Saturday. No one was hurt, but the bullet left a hole in the tent's roof. The venue is near a military base, and it's possible the bullet was accidentally fired toward the venue by someone on the base.
Nyhetsartikel: (L-R) Australiens Bretagne Elmslie, Emma Mckeon, Bronte Campbell och Cate Campbell firar efter att ha slagit världsrekordet för att vinna Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final vid olympiska spelen i Rio 2016 den 6 augusti 2016 (AFP Photo/Gabriel Bouys) Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Rekordbrytande Australien -- inspirerad av Mack Horton och Cate Campbell -- satte sin prägel på Rio-OS och flyttade toppen av medaljbordet efter en intensiv första dag av handling. Bomb- och kulskrämmor och ett fasansfullt dubbelbensbrott var bland chockerna på lördagen, medan fansen fumlade över långa köer för arenor på Rio's Olympic Park. Men en trio av simvärldsrekord och ett första OS-guld för Vietnam någonsin behöll fokus på sportsliga aktionen då 12 titlar delades ut. Det blev glädje för den tonårige amerikanske skytten Ginny Thrasher, som upprörde Kinas mästare för att snärja spelens första guld i damernas 10m luftpistol. Belgiens Greg Van Avermaet vann ett kraschfyllt herrcyklinglopp, och rugby återvände till spelen efter en lucka på 92 år. Storbritanniens Adam Peaty var den tidiga stjärnan i poolen. Han satte ett nytt världsrekord på 57,55sec i herrarnas 100m bröstsimsheat -- hans första OS-sim någonsin. Senare krossade Ungerns Katinka Hosszu världsrekordet med mer än två sekunder för att vinna damernas 4x100m individuella medley. Men Australien dominerade första natten i poolen, först när Horton detroniserade Kinas Sun Yang för att vinna herrarnas 400m fristil. Individuell världsrekordhållare Campbell ankrade sedan Australien till 4x100m freestyle guld i 3min 30.65sec, den snabbaste tiden i historien. "Definitivt mitt favoritlopp någonsin, i en OS-final med min syster och två flickor jag känt sedan jag var 12, 13 år och ett guld och ett världsrekord", sade Campbell, som simmade med Emma McKeon, Bretagne Elmslie och hennes syster Bronte. »Du kan inte begära mer», sade Bronte Campbell. "Alla barn drömmer om det, det är vad vi alltid hoppats på." Resultaten drev Australien till toppen av den tidiga medaljtabellen och bekräftade deras återgång till bemärkthet i simning, efter deras dåliga utflykt i London 2012. Rio Games började med en oönskad smäll när en militär bombtrupp detonerade ett misstänkt paket nära målet för herrarnas cykellopp vid Copacabana beach, vilket orsakade skakningar bland åskådare. Vid ridsporthallen i Deodoro, som ligger på en militärbas, slet en kula genom mediacentrets tak och landade på golvet. "Alla myndigheter försäkrade att kulan var en kula som inte har något att göra med spelen eller den olympiska familjen eller pressen. Området var inte ett mål," sade spel talesman Mario Andrada. Senare skrev Hoang Xuan Vinh sitt namn i historieböckerna då han vann herrarnas 10m luftpistol, och gjorde anspråk på den första guldmedaljen någonsin för det kommunistiska Vietnam. "Det är den första guldmedaljen i Vietnams historia, jag känner mig väldigt lycklig", sade den blygsame, 41-årige militärofficeren. Thailands Sopita Tanasan vann det första tyngdlyftningsguldet, damernas -48kg, med en totallyft på 200kg. Scandal-hit Ryssland, under beskjutning över en massiv dopningsskandal, fick avtryck när Beslan Mudranov vann herrarnas 60 kg judo. Van Avermaet undvek en krasch på den slutliga nedstigningen och omarbetade ledaren Rafal Majka med en lungbusande sprint för att vinna cykelloppet 237.5km (147.5 miles). "Det var den svåraste dagen jag någonsin haft i mitt liv på en cykel", sade Irlands Dan Martin, som slutade 13: e, en plats bakom Tour de France vinnare Chris Froome. Serbiska roddare Milos Vasic och Nenad Bedik kantrade i hackiga vatten vid Rodrigo de Freitas lagun, men vann ett uppskov då de fick flytta in i nästa omgång. Den franske gymnasisten Samir Ait Said drabbades av olympisk ångest. Hans nedre vänstra ben gick av och skevt till en ohygglig vinkel, när han landade tafatt från ett valv. Yusra Mardini, den syriska flyktingen som simmade för sitt liv till en grekisk ö för mindre än ett år sedan, vann sitt 100m fjärilsheat men misslyckades med att nå semifinalen. "Allt var fantastiskt. Det var det enda jag någonsin velat var att tävla i OS," sade 18-åringen, som representerar spelens första flyktinglag någonsin. Tjänstemän står nära kroppen av en man som sköts och dödades nära Maracana Stadium. (Foto: Mark Humphrey, AP) RIO DE JANEIRO — Riopolisen säger att en man sköts ihjäl nära Maracana Stadium efter fredagens olympiska invigning. Enligt Rio's Civil Police Department överföll en 22-årig brasilianare vid namn Ronaldo Marques de Souza människor i folkmassan då de 53 000 deltagarna släpptes ut från arenan. En officer från en oidentifierad agentur som hjälpte till med olympisk säkerhet svarade och sköt mannen, enligt ett uttalande. Brasilianska tjänstemän har dragit in poliser från hela landet för att leda säkerheten runt spelen, totalt 85 000 poliser. Enligt Riopolisens uttalande kom officeren från en annan delstat i Brasilien, men angav inte vilken. Associerade Pressfotografer gav en annan redogörelse för skottlossningen. De rapporterade att de hörde flera, högljudda skott, tvingade Games frivilliga och andra att lämna ceremonin för att ducka för skydd bakom bilar. Fotograferna sa att de då såg en skytt springa från platsen och fly i en bil nära en universitetsparkering. När polis och sjukvårdare hade anlänt till platsen, sågs sjukvårdare behandla offret som blod som strömmade från hans kropp ut på vägen. Riopolisen säger att den fortsätter sin utredning. Detta är den andra skyttedöden i den olympiska staden denna vecka, och att man har olika beskrivningar också. Brasiliens polis sa ursprungligen att en rysk diplomat slogs mot en tilltänkt rånare, vars pistol avlossades. Den påstådda angriparen dödades. Men den ryska ambassaden sade att ingen rysk ämbetsman var inblandad. Rio De Janeiro: En kula som tros ha avfyrats från ett brasilianskt militärgevär har knappt missat fotografer under den första dagen av OS-tävlingen på ridsportcentret i Rio De Janeiro. Olympiska arrangörer och militären försöker komma fram till varifrån kulan, som genomborrade plasttaket på mediecenterduken och landade inom meter av fotografer, kom. Den brittiske frilansfotografen Jon Stroud, som satt närmast där kulan landade, expanderade på den skrämmande pärsen vilket chockerade hela mediecentret som låg intill den brasilianska militärbasen i Deodoro. »Det var allmän misstro», sade Stroud. DELA Dela på Facebook DELA Dela på Twitter TWEET Länk Kulan som landade inne i mediacentret på Olympic Equestrian Centre. Foto: Rob Carr "Man måste ta ett tag för att bearbeta den känslan. Tur att den har kommit igenom i ett hörn i ett klart område. Men ett par meter åt alla håll börjar man komma in i bord och datorer och journalister och fotografer." Det fanns då närmare 100 arbetsmedier i presscentret. Annons Ridsportcentret bevakas hårt av polis och beväpnad militär, de flesta står med gevär i handen när de skyddar gatorna i Rio. "Vi var här inne i lunchrasten, som är den mest trafikerade tiden i pressrummet och bara hörde en riktigt hög smäll precis bakom oss", sade Stroud. DELA Dela på Facebook DELA Dela på Twitter TWEET Länk Kulan genomborrade taket på mediacentret i Rios ridcenter. Foto: Getty Images "Vi trodde bara att det var något som föll ner från taket, ett ljus eller något liknande. Vi gick dit och tittade och låg på marken och det var en kula. En herrelös runda. Vi var ganska chockade då. "En medlem av fototeamet här tog kulan ifrån mig. Det blev en hel del diskussioner på radio och en liten stund senare såg vi dem strax utanför dörren där med militär, passerar kulan fram och tillbaka och försöker fastställa var den kan ha kommit ifrån." DELA Dela på Facebook DELA Dela på Twitter TWEET Länk En medlem av den brasilianska nationella styrkan håller en kula inne i ridsportens mediacenter. Foto: Getty Images Trots att han var så nära militärbasen sa Stroud att han var fladdrad att alla fick skjuta ett skott med tusentals människor som strömmade till många av de olympiska spelplatserna genom de tuffa gatorna i Deodoro. "Om något jag känner mig lite förvånad över att under en olympisk tävling, även om det faktum att vi är på en militär plats, att det kan finnas någon form av sanktionerad levande eld inom räckhåll för alla typer av var vi alla är," Stroud sade. "Jag kan inte föreställa mig vem som tyckte det var bra." Spänning som kula genomborrar #Rio2016 #Olympics ryttarpresskontor och klattrar till golvet i det packade rummet https://t.co/ti2zhYQ0oa — Alice Collins (@msAliceCollins) 6 augusti 2016 En utredning mellan polis, militär och olympisk organisatörer sker för att avgöra varifrån kulan kom. Men en Rio Olympics talesperson insisterar "100 procent det har inget med spelen att göra." "Myndigheter undersöker men kulan, avståndet, varifrån den kommer, varför den kommer hit, den första information som vi har fått är att de redan kan avgöra att detta område inte var ett mål", sade han. "Det var en kula. De kan också bekräfta att det inte har något att göra med spelen, men de kan inte vara mer exakta för närvarande. Alla utredningar genomförs med armé, tekniska experter, lokal polis. "Vi har ingen information om de gjorde skjutövningar så vi har ingen information om de kommer att fortsätta att göra dem. "De har försäkrat oss att de har förstärkt säkerheten runt detta område." En kula avlossad i ett medietält på ridplatsen och en kontrollerad explosion nära mållinjen på landsvägscyklingen hotade att överskugga öppningsdagen för OS 2016. Rio Olympics 2016: herrarnas landsvägslopp leder för avslutning på dag ett – live! Läs mer Även när organisatörerna försökte utreda båda frågorna var de också tvungna att lova att fördubbla ansträngningarna att flytta osålda biljetter och förbättra långa kötider bland arga klagomål från dem som inte hade kunnat komma in på arenor i tid för att titta på handlingen. Medan det rådde en upptempo stämning i staden och organisatörerna var nöjda med reaktionen på fredagens invigning, orsakade tomma platser på många platser och långa köer för att komma in i andra snart frustration och förseningar. Dagens mest dramatiska incident kom när ögonvittnen rapporterade en kula från ett 5,56mm misshandelsgevär genomborrade taket på medietältet och föll till golvet nära en Team GB pressofficer och en brittisk fotograf som arbetade för British Equestrian Foundation. Lokalen ligger granne med en mediebas och det spekulerades om att den av misstag kan ha avfyrats därifrån. En talesman för Rio 2016 sade: “Vi är medvetna om händelsen och övervaka utredningen av säkerhetsstyrkorna. Ingen skadades.” Vid Copacabana, när folkmassor samlades för att se på deouementet till männens cykelväglopp, uppstod en kort uppståndelse när bombkontrollofficerare kom plötsligt för att detonera ett misstänkt paket cirka 150 meter från mållinjen. “Säkerhetstjänsten hittade ett misstänkt paket ... och som en försiktighetsåtgärd beslutat att utföra en kontrollerad explosion,” sade en Rio 2016 talesman. Tjänstemän sade att det inte blev någon påverkan på loppet, vilket var på den punkten bara halvvägs igenom. Det misstänkta paketet troddes vara en liten väska. På morgonen efter invigningen kvällen innan, till stor del väl mottagen av brasilianska medier och allmänhet, hoppades arrangörerna att behålla drivkraften. Men enorma mängder av tomma platser synliga i gymnastik, boxning, handboll, rugby sjuor och hockey arenor som åtgärden kom igång förminskade från bilden vykort bakgrunder på visa någon annanstans. På Copacabana stod fansen inför enorma köer för att komma in på beachvolleybollarenan medan andra väntade i kö för att köpa biljetter. Under tiden startade handlingen framför i stort sett tomma läktare, även om de var mycket fylligare senare med brasilianska idrottare i aktion. Medan vissa köer var godmodiga, blev hos andra fans arga på att behöva uthärda långa säkerhetsköer. — Jag tror det inte. Det är absurt, löjligt, "sade Natalia Carvalho, 28, en Rio invånare som hade velat se brasiliansk gymnast och medalj hoppfull Arthur Zanetti tävla. Spelarrangörerna skyllde på bristande samordning mellan olika grupper av säkerhetspersonal, däribland polisen, Games-personal och privata säkerhetsföretag. Kommunikationschefen i Rio 2016 skyllde på att ”systemen inte pratade med varandra”. I ett senare uttalande sade organisatörerna: ” Vi ber alla åskådare som har varit tvungna att köa den första tävlingsdagen om ursäkt. Vi är fullt medvetna om det problem och den frustration det orsakar. Vi begärde att de berörda myndigheterna skulle öka hastigheten och effektiviteten för att människor skulle kunna komma in i parken genom att begära att fler anställda skulle arbeta med röntgenmaskinerna. – Efter förbättringar återgick linjerna till det normala i mitten av morgonen. Vi uppskattar det tålamod och förståelse som visas av fans och kommer att använda denna erfarenhet för att förbättra för de kommande tävlingsdagarna. "Deodoro Stadium i norra delen av staden var nästan helt tom vid 11-tiden när rugby återvände till OS, förutom några små band av resande fans koja i skuggan. Men det fyllde upp lite innan Brasiliens match mot Storbritannien, då några hundra hemmafans visade sig heja på sitt lag. Greg Van Avermaet tar guld mitt i blodbadet i Rio 2016 roadrace Läs mer Vid morgonen simning heat på Aquatics Centre på Olympic Park i Barra, ca 20 km från centrala Rio, stod läktaren ungefär en tredje full. Platserna började fyllas allteftersom dagen gick och i tidigare spel, särskilt i Peking, har det funnits tomma platser under de första dagarna och läktare har blivit fylligare allt eftersom fjortondagarna har pågått. Men det finns fortfarande stor skepsis mot att den officiella siffran 80 procent, eller 4,9 miljoner, har sålts. Som väktaren avslöjade tidigare i veckan planerade arrangörerna att ge bort biljett till skolbarn. Den första tranchen kommer att omfatta cirka 240 000 biljetter vid mindre populära sporter som rugby sevens och golf. “Eftersom vi redan har nått 100% av vårt intäktsmål, där vi har platser tillgängliga för vissa sessioner, kommer vi att ge möjlighet till studenter i vårt utbildningsprogram, Transforma, volontärer, och andra partnerprojekt, som en del av vår engagemang insats,” sade en talesman. “Vi genomför de första olympiska spelen i Sydamerika och vi vill ta tillfället i akt att föra sporterna och idrottarna närmare värmen hos de unga brasilianarna.” Arrangörerna har också påskyndat sin reklamkampanj för att sälja biljetter till mindre populära sporter under slogan “Det finns känslor på alla ställen”. En talesman sade att försäljningen ökade dagligen och att de förlitade sig på att brasilianarna traditionellt köpte biljetter i sista minuten. Webbplatsen visar dock att biljetter finns kvar inte bara för fotbollen och mindre populära sporter utan för några av de blå riband-evenemangen på banan och i poolen. Vad är en kortare version av ovanstående artikel?
News article: (L-R) Australia's Brittany Elmslie, Emma McKeon, Bronte Campbell and Cate Campbell celebrate after breaking the world record to win the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final at the 2016 Rio Olympics on 6 August 2016 (AFP Photo/Gabriel Bouys) Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Record-breaking Australia -- inspired by Mack Horton and Cate Campbell -- put its mark on the Rio Olympics and moved the top of the medal table after an intense first day of action. Bomb and bullet scares and a horrific double-leg break were among the shocks on Saturday, while fans fumbled over long queues for venues at Rio's Olympic Park. But a trio of swimming world records and a first ever Olympic gold for Vietnam kept focus on the sporting action as 12 titles were awarded. There was joy for teenage American shooter Ginny Thrasher, who upset China's champions to entrap the first gold of the games in the women's 10m air gun. Belgium's Greg Van Avermaet won a crash-filled men's cycling race, and rugby returned to the games after a gap of 92 years. Britain's Adam Peaty was the early star of the pool. He set a new world record of 57.55sec in the men's 100m breaststroke heat -- his first ever Olympic swim. Later, Hungary's Katinka Hosszu crushed the world record by more than two seconds to win the women's 4x100m individual medley. But Australia dominated the first night in the pool, only when Horton dethroned China's Sun Yang to win the men's 400m freestyle. Individual world record holder Campbell then anchored Australia to 4x100m freestyle gold in 3min 30.65sec, the fastest time in history. "Definitely my favorite race ever, in an Olympic final with my sister and two girls I've known since I was 12, 13 years old and a gold and a world record," said Campbell, who swam with Emma McKeon, Brittany Elmslie and her sister Bronte. "You can't ask for more," said Bronte Campbell. "All children dream about it, that's what we always hoped for." The results drove Australia to the top of the early medal table and confirmed their return to prominence in swimming, following their poor outing in London in 2012. The Rio Games began with an unwanted bang when a military bomb squad detonated a suspicious package near the target of the men's bike race at Copacabana beach, causing tremors among spectators. At the Equestrian Hall in Deodoro, located on a military base, a bullet ripped through the roof of the media center and landed on the floor. "All authorities assured that the bullet was a bullet that has nothing to do with the Games or the Olympic family or the press. The area was not a goal," said game spokesman Mario Andrada. Later, Hoang Xuan Vinh wrote his name in the history books when he won the men's 10m air gun, claiming the first ever gold medal for Communist Vietnam. "It's the first gold medal in Vietnam history, I feel very happy," said the modest, 41-year-old military officer. Thailand's Sopita Tanasan won the first weightlifting gold, the women's -48kg, with a total lift of 200kg. Scandal-hit Russia, under fire over a massive doping scandal, received imprint when Beslan Mudranov won the men's 60 kg judo. Van Avermaet avoided a crash on the final descent and reworked leader Rafal Majka with a lung-busting sprint to win the 237.5km (147.5 miles) cycle race. "It was the hardest day I ever had in my life on a bike," said Ireland's Dan Martin, who finished 13th, a place behind Tour de France winner Chris Froome. Serbian rowers Milos Vasic and Nenad Bedik edged in hacky waters at Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, but won a deferral as they had to move into the next round. French gymnast Samir Ait Said suffered from Olympic anxiety. His lower left leg went off and skewed to a gruesome angle, when he landed awkwardly from a vault. Yusra Mardini, the Syrian refugee who swam for his life to a Greek island less than a year ago, won his 100m butterfly heat but failed to reach the semifinals. "Everything was amazing. It was all I ever wanted was to compete in the Olympics," said the 18-year-old, who represents the games' first ever refugee team. Officials are close to the body of a man who was shot and killed near Maracana Stadium. (Photo: Mark Humphrey, AP) RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio Police say a man was shot dead near Maracana Stadium after Friday's Olympic opening. According to Rio's Civil Police Department, a 22-year-old Brazilian named Ronaldo Marques de Souza attacked people in the crowd as the 53,000 participants were released from the stadium. An officer from an unidentified agency who helped with Olympic security responded and shot the man, according to a statement. Brazilian officials have brought in police officers from all over the country to lead security around the games, a total of 85,000 police officers. According to the Rio Police statement, the officer came from another state in Brazil, but did not indicate which. Associated Press photographers gave another account of the shooting. They reported hearing several, loud shots, forced Games volunteers and others to leave the ceremony to duck for shelter behind cars. The photographers said they then saw a shooter running from the scene and escaping in a car near a university parking lot. When police and paramedics had arrived at the scene, paramedics were seen treating the victim as blood flowing from his body onto the road. Rio Police say it's continuing its investigation. This is the second shooting death in the Olympic city this week, and that one has different descriptions as well. Brazilian police originally said a Russian diplomat fought a proposed robber, whose gun was fired. The alleged attacker was killed. But the Russian embassy said that no Russian official was involved. Rio De Janeiro: A bullet believed to have been fired from a Brazilian military rifle has barely missed photographers during the first day of the Olympic competition at the Rio De Janeiro Equestrian Center. Olympic organizers and the military are trying to arrive at where the bullet, which pierced the plastic roof on the media center cloth and landed within metres of photographers, came. British freelance photographer Jon Stroud, who sat closest to where the bullet landed, expanded on the frightening ordeal which shocked the entire media center located next to the Brazilian military base in Deodoro. "It was general distrust," said Stroud. SHARE Share on Facebook SHARE Share on Twitter TWEET Link The bullet that landed inside the media center at Olympic Equestrian Centre. Photo: Rob Carr "You have to take a while to process that feeling. It's a good thing it's come through a corner in a clear area. But a few meters in all directions you start to get into tables and computers and journalists and photographers." At the time, there were nearly 100 working media in the press center. Advertisement The Riding Center is heavily guarded by police and armed military, most of them standing with rifles in their hands as they protect the streets of Rio. "We were in here in the lunch break, which is the busiest time in the press room and only heard a really high bang right behind us," said Stroud. SHARE Share on Facebook SHARE Share on Twitter TWEET Link The bullet pierced the roof of the media center in Rio's riding center. Photo: Getty Images "We just thought it was something that fell off the roof, a light or something like that. We went over there and looked and lay on the ground and it was a bullet. A stray round. We were pretty shocked at the time. "A member of the photo crew here took the bullet from me. There were a lot of discussions on the radio and a little while later we saw them just outside the door there with military, passing the bullet back and forth and trying to determine where it might have come from." SHARE Share on Facebook SHARE Share on Twitter TWEET Link A member of the Brazilian national force holds a bullet inside the equestrian media center. Photo: Getty Images Although he was so close to the military base, Stroud said he was fluttered that everyone had to shoot a shot with thousands of people streaming to many of the Olympic venues through the tough streets of Deodoro. "About something I feel a little surprised that during an Olympic competition, although the fact that we are in a military location, that there may be some sort of sanctioned live fire within the reach of all kinds of where we all are," Stroud said. "I can't imagine who thought it was good." Tension as a bullet pierces #Rio2016 #Olympics equestrian press office and clutters to the floor of the packed room https://t.co/ti2zhYQ0oa — Alice Collins (@msAliceCollins) 6 August 2016 An investigation between police, military and Olympic organizers takes place to determine where the bullet came from. But a Rio Olympic spokesperson insists "100 percent it has nothing to do with the games." "Authorities are investigating but the bullet, the distance, from where it comes from, why it comes here, the first information we have received is that they can already determine that this area was not a target," he said. "It was a bullet. They can also confirm that it has nothing to do with the games, but they cannot be more accurate at the moment. All investigations are conducted with army, technical experts, local police. "We have no information about they did shooting exercises so we have no information about they will continue to do them. "They have assured us that they have enhanced security around this area." A bullet fired in a media tent at the riding site and a controlled explosion near the finish line on the highway cycling threatened to overshadow the opening day of the 2016 Olympics. Rio Olympics 2016: Men's road race leads for the conclusion of day one – live! Read more Even when the organisers tried to investigate both issues, they also had to promise to redouble efforts to move unsold tickets and improve long queue times among angry complaints from those who had not been able to enter venues in time to look at the plot. While there was an uptempo atmosphere in the city and the organizers were satisfied with the reaction to Friday's inauguration, empty seats in many places and long queues to enter other soon frustrations and delays. The most dramatic incident of the day came when eyewitnesses reported a bullet from a 5.56mm assault rifle pierced the roof of the media tent and fell to the floor near a Team GB press officer and a British photographer working for the British Equestrian Foundation. The venue is next door to a media base and there was speculation that it may have been accidentally fired from there. A spokesman for Rio 2016 said: “We are aware of the incident and oversee the investigation of the security forces. No one was injured.” At Copacabana, when crowds gathered to look at the deouement of the men’s cycle road race, a brief stir arose when bomb control officers suddenly came to detonate a suspicious package about 150 metres from the finish line. “The security service found a suspicious package... and as a precaution decided to perform a controlled explosion,” said a Rio 2016 spokesman. Officials said there was no impact on the race, which was at that point only halfway through. The suspicious package was thought to be a small bag. In the morning after the opening the night before, largely well received by Brazilian media and the public, organizers hoped to retain the momentum. But huge amounts of empty seats visible in gymnastics, boxing, handball, rugby sevens and hockey venues that the action got underway reduced from the picture postcard backgrounds on show elsewhere. At Copacabana, fans faced huge queues to enter the beach volleyball arena while others waited in line to buy tickets. Meanwhile, the action started in front of virtually empty stands, although they were much fuller later with Brazilian athletes in action. While some queues were kind, other fans became angry at having to endure long safety cues. — I don't believe it. It's absurd, ridiculous," said Natalia Carvalho, 28, a Rio resident who had wanted to see Brazilian gymnast and medal hopeful Arthur Zanetti compete. The game organizers blamed for lack of coordination between different groups of security personnel, including police, Games personnel and private security companies. The communication manager in Rio in 2016 blamed the fact that “the systems did not talk to each other”. In a later statement, the organizers said: “We apologize to all spectators who have had to queue on the first day of competition. We are fully aware of the problem and frustration it causes. We asked the relevant authorities to increase the speed and efficiency of people entering the park by requesting more employees to work on the X-ray machines. “After improvements, the lines returned to normal in the middle of the morning. We appreciate the patience and understanding shown by fans and will use this experience to improve for the upcoming race days. "Deodoro Stadium in the north of the city was almost completely empty at 11 o'clock when rugby returned to the Olympics, except for some small bands of traveling fans hut in the shade. But it filled up a little before Brazil's game against the UK, as a few hundred home fans turned out to cheer on their team. Greg Van Avermaet takes gold in the middle of the carnage in Rio 2016 road race Read more By morning swimming heat at Aquatics Centre at Olympic Park in Barra, about 20 km from central Rio, the stands stood about a third full. The seats began to fill as the day went by and in previous games, especially in Beijing, there have been empty seats in the first days and stands have become fuller as the fortnights have gone on. But there is still great scepticism that the official figure of 80 percent, or 4.9 million, has been sold. As the watchman revealed earlier this week, the organizers planned to give away tickets to schoolchildren. The first tranche will include approximately 240,000 tickets at less popular sports such as rugby sevens and golf. “Since we have already reached 100% of our revenue target, where we have seats available for some sessions, we will provide opportunities for students in our educational program, Transforma, Volunteers, and other partner projects, as part of our engagement effort,” said a spokesman. “We are conducting the first Olympic Games in South America and we want to take the opportunity to bring the sports and athletes closer to the warmth of the young Brazilians.” The organizers have also speeded up their advertising campaign to sell tickets to less popular sports under the slogan “There are feelings in all places”. A spokesman said sales increased daily and that they relied on the Brazilians traditionally buying last-minute tickets. However, the website shows that tickets remain not only for football and less popular sports but for some of the blue ripband events on the track and in the pool. What is a shorter version of the above article?
– Det har varit en händelserik första två dagar för OS i Rio, men förmodligen inte på det sätt som arrangörerna hoppades. Brasiliansk polis säger att en polis sköt och dödade en 22-årig man som attackerade människor när de lämnade Maracana stadion fredag efter invigningen, rapporterar USA Today. Enligt AFP rånade mannen folk. Men reportrar på platsen säger att det hände helt annorlunda. Det sägs att folk flydde för skydd när skotten ringde när tusentals människor lämnade stadion. De såg sedan skytten springa in i en närliggande bil och köra iväg. På lördagen utförde den brasilianska militären en kontrollerad explosion nära mållinjen för herrarnas landsvägscyklinglopp. De sprängde en misstänkt väska som lämnats obevakad, rapporterar Guardian. Myndigheterna säger att väskan kan ha tillhört en hemlös man, men de var tvungna att vidta försiktighetsåtgärder. Förarna var 60 miles bort på den tiden, men explosionen "stunnade" människor i hopp om att titta på slutet av loppet, enligt AFP. Sydney Morning Herald rapporterar att en kula kom genom mediarummet på Deodora hästcenter och landade nära en fotograf lördag. Ingen skadades, men kulan lämnade ett hål i tältets tak. Lokalen är nära en militärbas, och det är möjligt att kulan avfyrades mot platsen av någon på basen.
“It has been an eventful first two days for the Rio Olympics, but probably not in the way the organizers hoped. Brazilian police say a police officer shot and killed a 22-year-old man who attacked people when they left Maracana stadium Friday after the opening, reports USA Today. According to AFP, the man robbed people. But reporters at the scene say it happened quite differently. They say people fled for protection when the shots rang when thousands of people left the stadium. They then saw the shooter run into a nearby car and drive away. On Saturday, the Brazilian military performed a controlled explosion near the finish line of the men's road cycling race. They blew up a suspicious bag left unattended, the Guardian reports. Authorities say the bag may have belonged to a homeless man, but they had to take precautions. The drivers were 60 miles away at the time, but the explosion "thined" people in hopes of watching the end of the race, according to the AFP. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that a bullet came through the media room at Deodora horse center and landed near a photographer Saturday. No one was injured, but the bullet left a hole in the roof of the tent. The venue is near a military base, and it is possible that the bullet was fired at the site by someone on the base.