10 things you need to know today: July 29, 2012

U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte wins gold, Apple considers a stake in Twitter, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

Ryan Lochte celebrates with his gold medal for winning the Men's 400m Individual Medley on Day 1 of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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1. U.S. SWIMMER LOCHTE NABS GOLD

Mere hours after the London Olympics officially kicked off with a lavish Opening Ceremony, China's Yi Siling became the games' first gold medal winner, emerging victorious in the women's 10-meter air rifle shooting event. Poland's Sylwia Bogacka won the silver, and China's Dan Yu took bronze. On Saturday, American swimmer Ryan Lochte easily won the gold in the 400-meter individual medley, finishing more than three seconds ahead of silver medalist Thiago Pereira (Brazil) and bronze medalist Kosuke Hagino (Japan). American swimming legend Michael Phelps, who had medaled in his last 16 Olympic races, and won gold in 14 of them, finished fourth, and only barely managed to make the final race at all after struggling in the morning's preliminary swim. [Yahoo News, Reuters]

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