Day 1 of the Summer Games kicks off, USA wins first medal in diving, Jill Biden in Paris

After a tense first half that ended with both sides tied at 1, Spain took the lead over the Dominican Republic in the 55th minute of the match. Álex Baena broke the tie with a strike from outside the box to the bottom-right corner of the net. The Dominican Republic is playing with 10 men after Edison Azcona was given the first red card of the Olympics during stoppage time in the first half.

Earlier today, Katie Ledecky posted the fastest time of the women’s 400m freestyle preliminary heats, overtaking Australia’s Ariarne Titmus who won gold in Tokyo and holds the current world record.

This is Ledecky’s only event where she faces a rival expected to challenge her dominance. The final race is scheduled for 2:52 p.m. ET.

Chloe Dygert has won bronze in women’s road cycling.

Dygert has recently come off a devastating injury in 2020, going off the guard rail at the time. She recently overcame an Achilles heel injury this year.

At the first time check, Dygert was looking like a contender for gold, but after wiping out lost ground. Australia’s Brown and Great Britain’s Henderson took gold and silver, respectively.

This is the third-ever Olympic medal for Dygert.

Olympics organizer said the triathlon events will take place as scheduled despite adverse weather conditions.

Heavy rainfall over the last 24 hours is likely to affect the water quality in the Seine in the coming days, organizers told NBC News, which may result in Sunday’s training swim being canceled.

However, they were “confident’ that events would go ahead as planned on Tuesday, the day of the triathlon. 

The triathlon and marathon swimming events have already come under intense scrutiny with doubts over the quality of the water in the Seine. Swimming in the river has been banned for over a century, but organizers have invested $1.5 billion to prepare it for the Olympics and ensure Parisians have a cleaner river after the games.

But tests results released Friday showed that water quality was slightly below the standards needed to authorize swimming.

Team USA had a strong start in the 4x100m free relay, winning the preliminary heat with impressive legs from Simone Manuel and Kate Douglass. Great Britain came in second, with Italy close behind.

The women’s free relay final is scheduled for 3:34 p.m. ET, where the U.S. will face a tougher challenge from Australia, who won their heat. The U.S. has medaled in this event every time it has competed but hasn’t secured gold since 2000.

Only a few minutes short of a potential victory, road cyclist Chloe Dygert takes a fall on the road.

While the race remains neck and neck between her and Australia’s Grace Brown, things suddenly look grim for favorite Dygert as she aims to recover from the spill.

The Eiffel Tower Stadium is arguably the most dramatic venue at the Olympics. It’s also the most exposed — and its first spectators of these Games are currently getting utterly drenched.

Dressed in ponchos or hunkered under umbrellas, the crowd has attempted to keep their spirits high with Mexican waves, chanting and stomping their feet on the temporary bleachers under the imposing iron latticework of Paris’ best-known landmark.

Miles Partain and Andy Benesh, the youngest American volleyball duo in U.S. history, were beaten in straight sets by Nolsen Diaz and Jorde Alayo from Cuba in the first match of the men’s Pool D.

As did the top ranked pairing, Sweden’s David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig, against Australia’s Mark Nicolaidis and Izac Carracher in Pool A.

Novak Djokovic was utterly ruthless in his opening match of the Olympics, dispatching Australia’s Matthew Ebden 6-0, 6-1 in just 53 minutes.

The Serbian is the top seed in the men’s singles and is chasing an elusive gold medal at Roland Garros, the only prize missing from the 24-time Grand Slam champion’s glittering CV.

At 0-6, 0-2 down, 36-year-old Ebden jokingly offered his racket to a member of the crowd, asking if they would like a go. The crowd went wild when Ebden won his only game of the match shortly after, but it was still a brutal beatdown for the Australian.

In what would be a blockbuster match-up, Djokovic could face Rafael Nadal in the second round.

Women’s world no. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland is safely through in the women’s draw. The French Open champion beat Romania’s Irina-Camela Begu, 6-2, 7-5.

In a surprising start to the men’s volleyball schedule, No. 11-ranked Germany defeated the No. 2-ranked Japan in a thrilling 3-2 match at South Paris Arena. Germany hasn’t competed in men’s volleyball at the Olympics since the 2012 London Games.

The final heat of the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay came down to a duel between closers Caeleb Dressel for Team USA and Kyle Chalmers for Australia, with Chalmers narrowly edging out Dressel.

Later today, the rival teams will meet again for the free relay final, set to start at 3:44 p.m. ET.