Bound to happen. These Olympics are in London, after all. And the first serious rain of the athletics competition hit a little more than two hours into Day 1 at Olympic Stadium.

What began as less than a drizzle transformed into a downpour as DeeDee Trotter of the U.S. and other women crouched at the starting line for the third heat of the 400-meter hurdles on Friday morning. Trotter's hands were streaked by little rivulets of rain as she set them down on the soaked track.

She wasn't bothered a bit, though, easily finishing first in her heat in 50.87 seconds.

After about 10 minutes, the rain went away, replaced anew by a hot, hot sun. That's London weather for you.

— Howard Fendrich — Twitter http://twitter.com/HowardFendrich

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