2016 Rio Olympics - Equestrian - Preliminary - Eventing Individual Dressage Day 1 - Deodoro Olympic Equestrian Centre - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 06/08/2016. A spectator watches William Fox-Pitt (GBR) of United Kingdom. REUTERS/Tony Gentile
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The Rio Olympic Games got off to a shambolic start on Saturday as fans queued for hours at security checkpoints to enter venues, with some missing their events and many athletes competing in front of eerily empty stands.
Games organisers apologised for dropping the ball on the first day of full competition, the morning after a dazzling opening ceremony, as iconic venues such as beach volleyball on the famed Copacabana beach saw only a few hundred spectators.
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