Captions by Ingrid Lauder and Jessica Boell. Captions were made possible with funding from The National Foundation for the Deaf. Text GOLD to 4847 to make a $3 donation to the cause. Copyright Able 2016 A warm welcome to you from the Lagoa stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Day one of the rowing. A mouthwatering Olympic regatta. First up is the men's single sculls. In the shadow of Christ the Redeemer. Very warm. Despite the early start. Very exciting rowing on the cards. Conditions very good. The cannot be too many more spectacular venues for sport then here in Rio. Big favourite in this heat is Mahe Drysdale. He is in Lane four. They are away. Second heat here. Men's single sculls. 1,2, 3 go into the semifinals. Fifth in the Americas qualifying regatta also. Peru got the qualifying spot. Drysdale. Like the other top rowers, he will look to do bare minimum. If the qualifying space is safe, he will try to conserve energy. You can see Mahe Drysdale is just trying to get himself through comfortably. Extraordinary history from Mahe Drysdale. Easing up a bit coming up to the finish. No surprise there. Safely over the line. In top spot. At the age of 37, he is still the man to beat. Molnar comes home in second. Just after that 1000 m mark, he really went for it. Garcia comes through in fourth place. It is Mahe Drysdale the safe winner of the second heat. Safely through to the quarter-final. Mahe Drysdale is the winner of the second heat. The top three through to the quarter-final. Here we go. HeAt number six. We have NZ in Trinidad and Tobago and Bermuda and Belarus. Trinidad and Tobago getting out well. The talk year will be about Emma Twigg. And also the athlete in Lane five. Emma Twigg carrying Kiwi hopes. Will it be Twigg against Brennan? That is what a lot of people are saying. 500 to go. It is Katarina Karsten in last place. Emma Twigg is out in front. In Lane for from Bermuda in fourth. A two-time junior world champion. WeNt to Harvard. Katarina Karsten a little dance across. She knows what she has to do. It is Katarina Karsten coming through. Past Pearson she comes. She will be in the top three. She will make sure of it. But Pearson is not letting the Belarusian have in her own way. Emma Twigg has sailed off into the distance. Katarina Karsten is having to work for it. Twigg can almost take a foot off the gas. Karsten is coming past Pearson. She will make sure of the top three finish. Emma Twigg is streets ahead. No real surprise. And Karsten is in second place. Never in doubt. Great final 500 from Michelle Pearson. (Upbeat music plays) Twigg, Karsten and Pearson go into the quarter-finals. Beautiful shot over the lagoon in Rio de Janeiro. We crack on with the third heat. The final heatof the men's pair. We have bond and Murray. Dominant. Utterly dominant in this class. Phenomenal winning streak going back to the debut in this class. We are off. In this final heat. We are looking for three more qualifiers for the semi-final. The remaining group go into the repechage. It is about mind games in mental preparation. Murray in bond are so far ahead of the field and so dominant, you wonder if the other people in the class feel they have already been beaten. Yes, how does it affect your confidence? I think in a country level, some of them have been put in other classes. But the are athletes here who could give them a good run. But what tends to happen in the first 500 is crews will push up past Eric and Hamish but they cannot keep going after that. Here come Italy in Lane one. They are dropping the Serbians. If they can keep hold of it, they will book the last spot in the semi-final. It is NZ from Italy and then Serbia. And Hungary are pushing on. Do they have any thing here to get back? They may be a senior debut at the Euros in 2009. They have tipped over. There is a result. The Serbians have tipped over. They still have a chance to get back in the boat and finish the race and they can have a repercharge opportunity. Hopefully we will see them again. What a shame. They were third. As you said, it is about getting back in the boat in over the line and on to the repechage. Tomorrow is another day. We had our top three. We had our winners bond and Murray. No surprise there. Then is the Italians over the line second. They have switched around personnel. Then the Hungarians. Another win for Eric Murray and Hamish Bond. The competition at the Olympic equestrian centre and a beautiful shot as we zero in on the dressage arena for day one of the eventing competition. We have two days of dressage leading into cross country on the third day in the all-important showjumping on the fourth day. Now we have a piece of eventing royalty is Sir Mark Todd is entering the arena. Part of New Zealand's first three-day eventing team in 1978. Named event rider of the 20th century by the equestrian federation in the year of 2000. He actually retired in 2000 but returned in 2008 to compete in Beijing. Be interesting to see how they performed today. The average is about a 44.7. But you never write this man off. They were bought that badminton two years ago. Sir Mark wrote the scores at the world games in Normandy. Well-placed in the 89-year-old a couple of years ago. As they say, he has been there, done it and got the T-shirt and done quite a lot of it with this course. What's fascinating about Toddy, one of the older riders is how he stayed up with the times. The Todd use the riding dressage now is nothing like the truth that he road and 88 or in Seoul on charisma. He is coming right up there, so they'll be marking down on that due to the horses outline. Just showing a little bit of resistance. Most easily seen from the judge . Still extremely fit 60 years of age. And so respected walking around the cross-country course yesterday we had a swarm of people around him listening to thoughts. He's here with two jobs as well because he works as part of the coaching staff for the Brazilian eventing team as well. Is a regular visitor out here, and he knows this menu. This is a nice walk. It's right up there with our leaders. The medium walk and eight and seven from two of the judges. Preparing for the flying change. He's going to have to pull further eights, maybe even a nine or 2 to pull it out of the fire against the opposition. The opposition setting the bar very high indeed. In terms of tactics, this isn't it time we going to be seeing Todd in one of the top three slots, not after dressage. But if he is still in the top six, eight or 10 going into cross country on the third day of the games, he is a serious, serious street. Threat. He just controlled that really well. The horse jumped through the change and then really smoothly yanked the horse back down. Got an eight for the first change from one of the judges and an average of 7.5 the. He is riding amongst the best of them. Here's not going to be among the leaders today, but he will be the breathing down the leaders next. Consistent, and good enough for another two big bases to come for Mark Todd of New Zealand. And the 12-year-old gelding. Team coach the together with Mark Todd. He goes into sixth in individual rankings at the moment. The sun is appearing over the back of the stand. The shadow is lengthening. The wind dropped earlier in the day. It was having some impact on the players. Pool B match against NZ and Spain at the head of us. There is the NZ squad. Spain, they were beaten by France by 24 points to 7 earlier in the day. Set pieces of which this is one are absolutely crucial. So many hours they would be rehearsed and practised. The techniques of the start. It went the way of NZ. Here is Kayla McAlister. The acceleration is so reminiscent of her brother Luke. Gets the offload away. Goss is the captain of this NZ side. Led out there by McAllister. A hat-trick earlier in the day against Kenya. She gets two four. Such a well oiled machine, the Nzers. Brazier. Out to McAllister. There is the injection of pace. Vintage Luke performed by Kayla. Between them now, they have seven tries in the tournament already. That is the end of the first 7 minutes. Dominated by NZ. They led by 12 points to nil. They have been deposed the season by Australia. NZ have it. Emmanuelle was one of the try scorers against Kenya earlier. She was on her knees and did well to shove it on. She played such a part in that. Entirely proper that Nathan Wong should finish it off. She had to atone for that pass that wasn't the best from Kelly Brazier. Here is Nathan Wong. Can Spain create something? Straight in there at the breakdown. A good little step and a dummy. A chip over the top. What about the bounce? It has gone the way of Spain. The tackle is illegal. They score. Spain get their first try of the match in the second of the Olympic Games. That will be a memorable moment for the try scorer. Here goes McAllister. She is bumping her way through. This is individual brilliance from Kayla McAlister. No one will stop her. That is quite brilliant. Dear I say there might be some friendly rivalry between Kayla McAlister and Portia. Four tries apiece over the course of the day. There are few players in women's rugby that can produce that change of direction and burst of pace. Popped out theRe by Williams. Goss is one of the two Nzers here who made last season's world rugby dream team after the World Series. NZ goes through. The floodgates are starting to open a little. The Spanish are being run ofF their feet. You have to hand it to the Spaniards. They have seen so little of the ball. In the end, it is tiring on the legs and lungs. That brings the contest to an end. That final try from to Teresa Fitzpatrick. They did concede the first try of this tournament to Spain. NZ with a maximum six points from the two matches. It's day one of the 2016 Olympics hockey campaign 30 min north-west of Rio. It's the number one ranked side in the world, Australia, playing New Zealand who are ranked eighth in the world. You have number 13 hovering. The go to mean. It's a tricky one. With 7 min 51 and it was at the top for Australia. They are happy. Nicholas. Got an opportunity for Dwyer. Because of the teamwork of Australia that was a turnover of possession that New Zealand gave Australia an opportunity, and they did not miss. And it was Jamie Dwyer who took the ball and and had to teammates so it was a three on one. Now it is Nick Wilson. Up over the top. He trips over and drags it under control the Kiwis have dragged one back. We have seen this before with these two nations. Hugo angles again just capitalising on a rear moment of lost concentration from Australia. He nearly lost it there. He kept it under control. He gave his team an opportunity. Number one for the team. New Zealand, most importantly, or on the scoresheet in this Olympic campaign and if taken one back from Australia. Soft hands, great pass. Quick movement the coming through. Is he claiming that? Goodness me, it is all tied up here. The drama hasn't stopped yet. They are going for a referral. Hold the celebrations, New Zealand. That has not been allowed, that goal. So it's been disallowed. The score remains at two - one. Kiwis not happy. The hooter goes. The match has finished. It is a 2-1 win to the number one side and world hockey and that is Australia. They have beaten New Zealand. This is the Olympic Aquatics Center which will play host to the swimming here in Rio. Over the next eight days, the best swimmers in the world will be �striving to achieve their personal goals the spectators will be inside this wonderful are now watching and urging them on. This venue holds 15,000 when ball. It looks fantastic. You as viewers will be treated to some wonderful achievements. Into heat number three. Starting to see some quicker times in this hate prior to the seeded hates. Hoshi from Japan. Very good form going into this, Hoshi. This is the second of the heats of the women's 100 meters butterfly. In Lane for the Slovakian. The Brazilian is in line 5. Coming to the wall for the first time. The Brazilian has led in the Crown has gone mad and crazy cheering her on. The Brazilian, the French in second place. Battle for fastest times and placings in this. The crowd roar. Strong challenge from Hoshi. The raw says it all. Brazil first. Hoshi finishes in second place. There's nothing like hometown swimmer athlete or any sort doing well early on. First day of the swimming. Personal best for De Paula. Forth heat now in the men's 400 meters freestyle. Perfect start this time. We'll see how this affects Lane seven. He was and he is a moment ago. It must have affected him mentally. The two Egyptians and Lane four and five. They are leading. Matt Hutchins of New Zealand is in too. The Spaniard who led the blocks early was disqualified but came back. And Lane seven and in third place. One of two Egyptian swimmers is leading at the moment. Very smooth and the water and he is well and truly ahead of the world record pace. Extraordinary first 100 from Elakmash. They all love the 400. It gives them a taste in the pool as well. The world record is held from the super suit era. Now they are coming back to the field a little bit. Elkamash is having a look under water. What do you mean by that? He's breathing away from his teammate but when he put his face back in his eyes the diverging to see where he is. Now he knows. He's looking at his teammate who in turn is looking backwards. Alongside of them they know each other's style. They spent a bit of time together, these two. None of the new talk about Egypt's been dominant in the heat of a 400 meters freestyle. It is encouraging that they are. The distance swimming has improved with outside influences. Akram's been to 2 world championships previously. He's just losing a little bit of contact with Akram. Maybe the speed of the first 100 meters will take its toll in the second half of the race. Still Akram, probably not as technically good underwater in the turns. It's about time they started to make their moves now. Ibsen is just to the right of our screens now he was looking to move forward. Ibsen in lane three and look at Hutchens also in line 2. There's not much between them all now. The lead the Egyptians had are starting to be eaten away. Very close now. Elkamash has found something in reserve. Still very nice long stroke. Breathing away from the field. Impressed from Hutchens of New Zealand. These up in lane two. The starting to close the gap on the leaders and moves into second place at the finish. Officially let's look at these times. Personal best for Hutchens. ElkaMarsh wins heat for. Lineup the fourth heat of men's breaststroke. The two from the USA battled it out at the national championships a few weeks ago. Snyders of New Zealand. In the middle we can see its Cordes of the US Glenn Snyders getting out quite fast. Let's see who gets it. Into the first of the seeded heats so these boys will be much faster. They had to go under a minute or the around of it. It is in line number six Kosecki of Japan will come to the wall first. A win by Koseki he's gone under the 59 second mark. A warm welcome to this matchup in the women's football tournament in the 2016 Rio Olympics. They are two teams that competed in last year's World Cup in Canada. It is Colombia versus NZ. It is an attractive venue here. This match is significant for both nations. They are in a tough section. They have the reigning world champions the United States and one of the best in women's football in France in the pool. Amber Hearn. Room to manoeuvre. Wilkinson. Amber Hearn! Goal for NZ. The 51st international goal for Amber Hearn. How cooly she took that. Columbia not able to deal with the threat. She had time to take a good first touch here. The third was decisive. Surely. I felt she went down extremely easy there. Red card! For the NZ captain. It didn't look like a genuine goalscoring opportunity. For the substitute Ariza. 88th minute. If anything, it was Ariza who was engineering the contact. That was a very harsh red card. What a good save. That was in her range. She had to have a strong hand to get it out of the corner. 3 minutes have been played. That is enough. It is a win for NZ. A second successive defeat for Colombia. They still await their first goal in these games. It is looking good for the reigning world champions and gold-medal is in London, United States. NZ wanting to challenge France for one of the automatic qualification places. Captions by Ingrid Lauder and Jessica Boell. Captions were made possible with funding from The National Foundation for the Deaf. Text GOLD to 4847 to make a $3 donation to the cause. Copyright Able 2016