Day 2: The best photos of the Olympics
Nigeria's Ike Diogu, No. 6 in white, collides with Tunisia's Salah Mejri, No. 15 in red, during their men's basketball game.
Swimmers warm up with laps prior to competition.
London (CNN) -- The world's best female gymnasts vault into Olympic competition Sunday as five men's basketball games -- including the United States vs. France -- play out in the second full day of competition.
The qualification round of women's gymnastics Sunday will filter out the top eight countries, who will then compete in the team finals Tuesday night.
The U.S. team, dubbed the "Fab Five," carries the pressure of bringing home America's first team gold medal since the "Magnificent Seven" did so at the 1996 games. But they must contend with the defending Olympic champion China, as well as Romania and Russia.
A gymnast from Uzbekistan was suspended provisionally for failing a drug test. Luiza Galiulina tested positive for the banned substance furosemide, the IOC announced, in the second drugs suspension of the Games.
Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Zara Phillips made her Olympics debut on Sunday, riding in the British equestrian team as her mother Princess Anne and grandfather Prince Philip looked on. Phillips was ranked joint 15th with 57 riders having competed.
Meanwhile, 10 men's basketball teams will try to win their preliminary games on Sunday, including the United States.
Many are hoping to see how this year's American squad stacks up to the 1992 U.S. basketball team, known as the Dream Team, which trounced the competition at the Barcelona Games by an average of more than 40 points. Some analysts called it the greatest sports team ever assembled.
Team USA's opponent, France, is making its first Olympic appearance since 2000, when it battled the United States in the finals and lost, 85-75.
In the pool, swimmers will compete for the gold in the men's 100-meter breaststroke, men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay, the women's 400-meter freestyle and the women's 100-meter butterfly.
American teen sensation Missy Franklin, who is in contention for seven swimming medals, qualified for the women's 100 meter backstroke final on Sunday morning.
Medals will also be awarded Sunday in women's archery, women's cycling, women's diving, men's fencing, men's and women's judo and women's shooting.
SATURDAY DEVELOPMENTS
China blazed past its rivals to capture six medals Saturday, including four golds. The United States and Italy are tied for second place with five medals overall. South Korea and Brazil each have three so far.
SWIMMING
Ryan Lochte captured the United States' first gold medal of the 2012 Olympic Games on Saturday, soundly defeating rival swimming great Michael Phelps in a highly anticipated men's 400-meter individual medley.
Brazil's Thiago Pereira secured silver in the individual medley, while Phelps did not medal, coming in fourth place. Japan's Kosuke Hagina won bronze.
"I put the work in," Lochte said Saturday after the race. "I'm just going out there and having fun, and doing what I do best."
The 27-year-old Phelps, who already has 14 gold medals from previous Games, had been looking to add to his pot of Olympic gold, and will get another shot when he likely faces Lochte in the 200-meter individual medley, as well as the 200-meter and 100-meter butterfly.
But the Games' attention quickly shifted on Saturday to Lochte's dominating performance.
"I know it's my time and I'm ready," he said after his win.
History was made soon after the race, when China's Sun Yang won the men's 400-meter freestyle, becoming the first Chinese man ever to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming.
China's Ye Shiwen made history of her own by breaking the world record in the women's swimming 400-meter individual medley, with a time of 4:28:43. American Elizabeth Beisel took the silver medal in the medley.
The Games' host faced disappointment when it failed to pick up a single medal on Saturday, particularly when Hannah Miley, considered one of Britain's best swimmers, finished fifth in the event.
"Apologies if anyone had high expectations of me," Miley said. "I gave it absolutely everything I had."
THE FIRST GOLD
Earlier Saturday, China claimed the first Olympic gold of the games with a victory for 23-year-old Siling Yi in the women's 10-meter air rifle shooting.
"I'm very excited and happy," she said, quoted by the official Games website. The world's No. 1 shooter, who started at age 13, said there had been "a lot of pressure" on her to perform.
China's veteran weightlifter Wang Mingjuan, 26, also powered her way to gold, besting silver medalist Hiromi Miyake of Japan by lifting a combined total of 205 kilograms.
"The gold is the reward for my 12 years' hard work, my dream came true today," she told Chinese state-run media.
Italy also made a strong showing by securing two gold medals, while the United States, South Korea, Brazil, Russia, Kazakhstan and Australia each took one.
MEN'S GYMNASTICS
The U.S. men's gymnastics team led in qualifications over Russia and Great Britain and will advance to the team finals. Scores from the qualifying round do not carry into team finals, which will take place Monday.
Four U.S. men also advanced to the individual event finals. Danell Leyva and John Orozco were first and fourth, respectively, in the qualifying rankings for the all-around.
FIRST SANCTION FOR DOPING
Controversy reared its head early, as Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku became the first athlete to be sanctioned for failing an anti-doping test at the London Games.
Pulaku, 20, tested positive Monday for the banned anabolic steroid stanozolol, and has been excluded from the competition.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Beijing bronze medal winner Russia defeated Canada on Saturday as the women's basketball competition started. Team USA beat Croatia by a score of 81-56.
All teams are trying to keep the U.S. women from winning their fourth straight gold medal. Team USA has played Australia for gold in each of the past three Olympics.
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