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Cry babies on Day 1 at the Games

An emotional gymnast Louis Smith.

He clenches his fists and cries during the Artistic Gymnastics men's qualification at the London Olympics on Saturday.

The gymnast landed a near-perfect routine to score 15.800 to an applause from the home crowd, and it brought tears in his eyes as he saw the result.

Cry babies on Day 1 at the Games

Sofiane Milous of France walks off dejected after losing to Hiroaki Hiraoka of Japan during the quarter-final round of the men's 60kg judo competition at the London Olympics.

Cry babies on Day 1 at the Games

Gwang-Hyeon Choi of Korea reacts after losing to Arsen Galstyan of Russia in the men's 60 kg Judo on Day 1.

Cry babies on Day 1 at the Games

Imogen Bankier of Great Britain cries after a playing against Alexandr Nikolaenko and Valeria Sorokina of Russia in the badminton competition.

The Russians handed the combination of Chris Adcock and Bankier a 14-21, 21-9, 21-18  first round defeat.

Cry babies on Day 1 of the Games

An emotional Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic walks off the court after losing to Steve Darcis of Belgium during their men's singles tennis match.

Darcis won 6-4, 6-4