Other highlights on day two of the Rio Olympics included swimming world records for Britain, the United States, and Sweden.
Rio Olympics, Day 2
Majlinda Kelmendi made Olympic history by becoming Kosovo’s first athlete to win an Olympic medal, a gold in women’s judo.
![Majlinda Kelmendi (top) of Kosovo and Odette Giuffrida of Italy compete in the women’s 52-kilogram judo final. Kelmendi made history by winning Kosovo’s first Olympic gold medal.](https://gdb.rferl.org/6a889956-275c-479a-aa78-5ef3262c9635_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Majlinda Kelmendi (top) of Kosovo and Odette Giuffrida of Italy compete in the women’s 52-kilogram judo final. Kelmendi made history by winning Kosovo’s first Olympic gold medal.
![Peter Joppich (left) of Germany in action against Enzo Lefort of France during the men's individual foil fencing event.](https://gdb.rferl.org/86f9e6c8-f873-4308-8284-5a74e837f9ca_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Peter Joppich (left) of Germany in action against Enzo Lefort of France during the men's individual foil fencing event.
![Larissa Franca Maestrini and Talita Rocha of Brazil (left) play Ekaterina Birlova and Evgenia Okolova of Russia at the Beach Volleyball Arena on Copacabana Beach.](https://gdb.rferl.org/8bc2438f-dc21-47f0-8fce-f644b2b03a05_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Larissa Franca Maestrini and Talita Rocha of Brazil (left) play Ekaterina Birlova and Evgenia Okolova of Russia at the Beach Volleyball Arena on Copacabana Beach.
![Michael Phelps (left) and Caeleb Dressel of the United States celebrate their team's victory in the men's 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay final at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. It was Phelps’ 19th Olympic gold.](https://gdb.rferl.org/ff1f0a5d-7a61-42ce-83f3-bd5659766c82_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Michael Phelps (left) and Caeleb Dressel of the United States celebrate their team's victory in the men's 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay final at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. It was Phelps’ 19th Olympic gold.