After Friday's colorful opening ceremony laden with culture and celebration, the 2016 Rio Olympics are underway, and the United States has already secured gold. The first one of the 2016 games.
America won it's first medal - a gold - when Ginny Thrasher won the women's 10-meter air rifle event Saturday morning. The 19-year-old set a record with a 208 in the final round, beating China's Du Li by 1 point. China's Yi Siling won bronze.
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Thrasher is an NCAA champion at West Virginia. The Virginia native was facing two former gold medal winners in the two runner-ups.
Sarah Scherer of Massachusetts, back from retirement after back surgery, finished eighth.
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Events will take place everyday at all different times of the day. Many of the medal rounds for the most popular sports don't begin until after the weekend, swimming being a notable exception; track and field events don't begin until Friday, Aug. 12.
The most popular events will air in primetime on NBC, which has the broadcast rights to the games.
Marc Torrence contributed to this report.
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