Several countries – including Armenia, Georgia, Serbia, and Ukraine – scored their first gold medals of the Rio Olympic games on August 16, although some of the events did not pass without controversy.
Rio Olympics, Day 11
![The women race in the 100-meter hurdles heats.](https://gdb.rferl.org/80c610ad-54f1-4961-9dd8-442e10145ca6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The women race in the 100-meter hurdles heats.
![The final of the women's omnium 25-kilometer points race takes place, in which Britain's Laura Trott took gold.](https://gdb.rferl.org/1c9edabd-999b-4a06-9be3-9f5be58b5a84_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The final of the women's omnium 25-kilometer points race takes place, in which Britain's Laura Trott took gold.
![Christian Taylor of the United States defends his title in the men's triple-jump final.](https://gdb.rferl.org/fa01b5f7-6f11-49d7-968d-c9fd030a7fc7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Christian Taylor of the United States defends his title in the men's triple-jump final.
![Zhaina Shekerbekova of Kazakhstan competes in the quarterfinal of the women's fly (51 kilograms).](https://gdb.rferl.org/69e4ea48-321e-42da-9486-b12715e7521d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Zhaina Shekerbekova of Kazakhstan competes in the quarterfinal of the women's fly (51 kilograms).