Images from athletes at the Opening Ceremonies and beach volleyball action from Day 1. Photos by Jim Buzinski and Ross Forman.
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Mexican fans taunted Lionel Messi with a homophobic slur. The Inter Miami star was not having it.
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Gay drag racer proposes to his fiance on the Staten Island Ferry with Statue of Liberty as witness
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