North Korea's Om Yun Chol competes during the men's 56-kg, group B, weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. Om joined an exclusive group of weightlifters who have lifted three times their body weight. Om, who stands just 1.52 meters tall, also set an Olympic record when he cleared 168 kilograms in the clean and jerk in the men's 56-kilogram category.

LONDON — Five things to know about Sunday, Day 2 of the London Olympics:

• Whoa! North Korean lifts three times body weight for gold.

• Niger rower inspires Olympic crowd.

• Organizers turn to troops, teachers and students to fill empty seats.

• Durant leads U.S. past France in hoops opener.

• Rhode wins record-breaking skeet gold for U.S.

North Korea's Om Yun Chol said he wanted to lift a big weight and make the other athletes nervous.

He definitely nailed that strategy.

Om, standing all of 5 feet and 123 pounds, won a gold medal by confidently lifting an Olympic-record 370 pounds in the clean and jerk at the London Games.

Other Olympic action Sunday:

This was one sweet victory for France.Yannick Agnel rallied the French to the gold medal in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay, pulling ahead of American star Ryan Lochte on the final lap.France clocked 3 minutes, 9.93 seconds, and the Americans settled for silver in 3:10.38. Russia took bronze in 3:11.41. Pre-race favorite Australia was fourth.It was revenge for the French, who lost a close race to the Americans in Beijing four years ago.U.S. star Michael Phelps still won the 17th Olympic medal of his career — and first silver — to go along with 14 golds and two bronzes. He's one away from tying the mark for most career medals held by Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina.Dana Vollmer had a triumphant return to the Olympics, setting a world record while winning gold in the 100 butterfly. The American was third at the turn but powered to the wall for a time of 55.98 seconds.Vollmer, who made the Olympics as a 16-year-old in 2004, was a huge disappointment when she failed to make the team for Beijing in 2008.Camille Muffat of France edged American Allison Schmitt by less than half a stroke to win the 400 freestyle, and South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh set a world record to win the 100 breaststroke.

The U.S. women had the top score in qualifying, but the big story was world champion Jordyn Wieber.Wieber, a heavy favorite, is out of the all-around competition after finishing behind teammates Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas. Countries are limited to two gymnasts in the all-around and event finals.The 17-year-old Wieber was sobbing as she made her way past reporters, so distraught she couldn't speak to them. A quote attributed to her and distributed by the London Games' internal news agency said: “It is a bit of a disappointment. It has always been a dream of mine to compete in the all-around final of the Olympics.”Russia, runner-up to the Americans at last year's world championships, was 1.4 points back with a score of 180.429. Beijing Olympics champion China was third (176.637), followed by European champion Romania (176.264) and Britain (170.656).

Maria Sharapova won her Olympic debut indoors, beating Shahar Peer of Israel 6-2, 6-0, and Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and David Ferrer were among the seeded winners on the men's side at Wimbledon.Playing under Wimbledon's retractable roof on Centre Court because of rain, No. 3 Sharapova served well, returned aggressively and swept the final eight games.Sharapova carried the Russian flag in the opening ceremony after missing the 2008 Olympics because of a shoulder injury.Play was curtailed because of rain, with 32 matches postponed before they started and four suspended in progress. Only 12 matches were completed.

So far, so good for the defending champion U.S. men's team, which opened Olympic play by sweeping Serbia behind Matt Anderson's 18 points.Captain Clay Stanley added 13 points in the 25-17, 25-22, 25-21 victory at Earls Court.Also, Bulgaria swept Britain, 25-18, 25-20, 26-24, and Russia defeated Germany 31-29, 25-18, 25-17. Australia, coached by Jon Uriarte, lost to Argentina 25-21, 25-22, 25-20. Son Nicolas Uriarte is a setter on the Argentine team.In the late matches, Poland defeated Italy 21-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-14, and Brazil swept Tunisia 25-17, 25-21, 25-18.

Pau Gasol had 21 points and 11 rebounds to lead Spain to a 97-81 victory over China in their Olympic men's opener.Spain got off to a slow start and had a 19-17 lead at the end of the first quarter. But it went on a 7-0 run in the second quarter to grab a cushion and was never seriously challenged the rest of the game.Yi Jianlian of the Washington Wizards had 30 points and 12 rebounds for China.Argentina kicked off its quest for a third straight men's basketball medal with a 102-79 victory over Lithuania. Luis Scola scored 32 points, and Manu Ginobili had 21 points, 10 rebounds and six assists.

Powerhouse Spain was eliminated, Brazil and Japan wrapped up spots in the quarterfinals and host Britain is back on track with one round of qualifying matches to go in the men's tournament.Spain was hoping to add Olympic gold to the World Cup and European Championship titles held by the country's full national team. But it lost 1-0 to Honduras and is without a goal in the tournament heading into its last game against Morocco on Wednesday.Neymar set up two goals and scored from a free kick to help Brazil beat Belarus 3-1, and Japan forward Kensuke Nagai had an 84th-minute goal to secure a 1-0 win over Morocco.Britain posted an emphatic 3-1 victory over United Arab Emirates that knocked the Middle Eastern team out of the tournament. Mexico rebounded from a first-round loss by beating Gabon 2-0. Two-time Olympic champion Uruguay lost 2-0 to Senegal. Egypt played to a 1-1 draw against New Zealand, while South Korea beat Switzerland 2-1.