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Nikolaos Sirandis and Thomas Bimis win the hosts' first gold medal in the men's 3m synchronised diving

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Ian Thorpe breaks the Olympic record to claim a fantastic gold medal in a memorable 200m men's freestyle final

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Women's hockey world champions Argentina claim their second victory of the Olympics by defeating Japan 3-1

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China's Chen Yanqing smashes the Olympic record on her way to claim the 58kg weightlifting gold medal

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France's Daniel Fernandes (blue) reaches the men's judo lightweight semi-finals by defeating Brazil's Leandro Guilheiro

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Skilful Brazilian Edvaldo Oliviera (red) just edges out Carlos Velasquez of Puerto Rico in a thrilling featherweight contest

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American duo Mardy Fish (right) and Andy Roddick fall at the first hurdle to India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes

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France's Brice Guyart edges out Italian Salvatore Sanzo to claim gold in the men's fencing individual foil

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World champions USA beat Hungary in an entertaining water polo opening match 7-6 with a goal in the last minute

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Denmark's Jonas Rasmussen and Rikke Olsen defeat the South Korean favourites in the badminton mixed doubles

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Bulgarian sisters Tzvetelina and Petia Yanchulova defeat world champions Germany's Stephanie Pohl and Okka Rau