RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Tennis world No. 1 Novak Djokovic has arrived in Rio de Janeiro ahead of his bid for a first Olympic gold medal.
The 29-year-old was greeted by a throng of fans and journalists at the Tom Jobim airport arrivals hall late on Monday afternoon.
He told reporters he was looking forward to the "experience of a lifetime" at the athletes' village in Rio's west.
"In Beijing we were all together. In London I stayed in an apartment near Wimbledon," Djokovic told reporters. "I'm excited about being close to other athletes, share our experiences, have lunch together. It will be the experience of a lifetime."
Djokovic took bronze at the Beijing 2008 Games but just missed out on a medal at the London 2012 Games, where he was the Serbian team's flag bearer.
He was beaten by eventual champion Andy Murray in the semifinals and lost the bronze medal match against Juan Martin Del Potro.
The winner of 12 Grand Slam titles warmed up for the August 5-21 Olympics by defeating Kei Nishikori 6-3, 7-5 in the Toronto Masters final on Sunday.
He said he was hopeful Serbia's Olympic team would eclipse their tally of four medals in London.
"There are more Serbians competing which shows that we are getting better. We are all hoping to get to the final. We are here to enjoy this great event and fight for a medal," he said.
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Local brokers said the effects of the Bank of Japan's latest monetary easing measures were wearing off, with investors initially influenced in early trading by Wall Street's negative close overnight, with a drop in oil prices weighing heavily on both domestic and global sentiment.
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Energy and resource-linked shares also took a battering, as the prices for crude oil continued on a downward trajectory.
"With the oil price falling, material-related companies in the steel sector or oil refining companies are being effected and this is bringing things down. Oil faces problems both on the demand and supply side," Chihiro Ohta, general manager of investment information at SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. was quoted as saying.
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IHI was a notable decliner Wednesday, plummeting 20.2 percent to 197 yen, after the maker of heavy machinery posted losses for the business year through March, following being hampered by construction delays.
Mitsubishi fell 6.9 percent to 1,763.00 yen, after announcing a 24 percent year-on-year decline in net profit for the April-December period.
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NEW DELHI, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least 12 people were killed and more than 45 others injured in a collision between two speeding trains in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh late Tuesday night, a senior police official said Wednesday.
"The mishap happened around 11 p.m. (local time) at Nandanagar railway crossing near Gorakhpur town, some 270 kms from state capital Lucknow, when Krishak Express, traveling from Varanasi to Gorakhpur, rammed into Barauni Express from behind," the official said puma suede heart satin rose , on condition of anonymity.
The impact of the collision was so high that three coaches of the Barauni Express went off the track, he said.
"While 12 bodies have been pulled out of the mangled coaches, those injured have been admitted to a nearby hospital where the condition of some are said to be serious. The death toll is likely to go up later in the day," the official said.
Meanwhile, the Indian Railways has suspended the drivers of the Krishak Express and ordered a probe into the incident.
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