The Latest: Competition underway at the Olympic Games

RIO DE JANEIRO — The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times neighborhood):

9:30 a.m.

Rivalry is in progress on the main brimming with the Olympic Games, with table tennis, paddling, bows and arrows, cycling, water polo and fencing all occurring under a cloudless Rio de Janeiro sky and warm temperatures.

Activity in parts of Rio rapidly ground to a halt as a cycling street race constrained downtown streets to be shut. The race, including the world's top riders, began on Rio's celebrated Copacanbana shoreline and was expected to be held over around six hours on Rio's streets and up steep slopes into the mountains behind the city. A great many police and warriors were watching the city.

Temperatures in Rio are figure to shift somewhere around 22 and 31 degrees Celsius (72 and 88 degrees Fahrenheit) on Saturday.

Preparatory soccer matches have as of now been played and more are expected to be played on Saturday, alongside rugby sevens, aerobatic, judo and swimming. A considerable lot of the occasions occur in the Olympic Park on Barra de Tijuca, a cutting edge suburb toward the west of Rio.

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8 a.m.

Pope Francis has composed a letter of consolation to the main group of evacuees to take an interest in the Olympic Games.

Francis wished each of the 10 competitors achievement, saying he trusted that "your mettle and quality discover expression through the Olympic Games and serve as a sob for peace and solidarity." The letter, written in Spanish and dated July 26, was discharged by the Vatican on Saturday.

The pope said he had examined each of their lives through meetings and news reports. He said he was putting forth his petitions and marked the letter "In fraternity, Francis."

The group of six men and four ladies is finishing under the Olympic banner.

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6:30 a.m.

The firecrackers are over, the samba on impermanent hold — and now it's the ideal opportunity for Olympic competitors to become the dominant focal point in Rio de Janeiro.

Many rivalries are being held Saturday in more than 20 Olympic games, going from bows and arrows to ball, cycling, vaulting, paddling, soccer, swimming and volleyball, among others. Twelve gold decorations will be honored.

On Friday, Brazil bound its high-vitality opening gathering for the diversions of the 31st Olympiad with a calming message of the risks of an unnatural weather change. Realistic projections of world urban communities being overwhelmed by rising oceans set Rio de Janeiro's generally fun and bubbly function separated from other Olympic openers.

Be that as it may, no place parties entirely like Rio. Supermodel Gisele Bundchen gleamed to the tune of "The Girl from Ipanema." Fireworks framed "Rio" in the skies. The city's epic Christ the Redeemer statue was showered in Brazilian yellow and green. Artists, all hips and wobble, notched to pounding funk and sultry samba.

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6:15 a.m.

The Olympic ladies' b-ball groups from Turkey and France need to move the discussion far from assaults and back to national pride.

Both countries have confronted troublesome times subsequent to being hit with lethal radical assaults, and Turkey is battling with the fallout of a grisly endeavored overthrow. For players on both groups, being at the Summer Olympics in Rio offers a relief from what's occurring at home — and an opportunity to demonstrate the world an assembled front.

The groups play each other in their Olympic competition opener Saturday.

French focus Isabelle Yacoubou says "in France, we began to lose confidence in individuals ... I trust these Olympics will demonstrate individuals how we can return together."

Yacoubou includes "it's sort of unique that we confront each other first."

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6 a.m.

For U.S. soccer goalie Hope Solo, the firsts simply continue coming.

On Saturday, notwithstanding anything surprising, Solo will show up in her 200th amusement for the U.S. ladies' national group in a gathering stage match against France at the Rio Olympics. She'll be the principal goalkeeper in history to achieve the development in global play — no little accomplishment.

It additionally will make her the eleventh U.S. player — over all positions — to achieve that number of tops.

The 200th top is only the most recent outstanding measurement for Solo in a long, celebrated and continually fascinating vocation.

A month ago, Solo turned into the primary goalkeeper with 100 universal shutouts when the United States crushed South Africa 1-0 in Chicago. It was additionally her 150th profession win. Prior this week, 16-year national group veteran got her 101st shutout when the United States crushed New Zealand 2-0 in the group's Olympic opener in Belo Horizonte.