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
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Darya Klishina of Russia competes in the women's long-jump qualifying round.
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Swimmers enter the water before the start of the men's 10-kilometer marathon swimming final.
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Georgia's Lasha Talakhadze celebrates after winning gold in the men's 105-kilogram+ weightlifting.
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Russia's Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina take part in the duets technical routine final of the synchronized swimming. They took gold.