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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Inbee Park could tell right away Wednesday that this was not an ordinary golf tournament.Walking onto the practice range, the South Korean flag on her red shirt and the Olympic rings just about everywhere she looked, the jangled nerves made her realize that playing in the Olympics -- the first for womens golf since 1900 -- brought the kind of pressure she doesnt usually feel.On the golf course, Park was as unflappable as ever.Facing top competition for the first time in two months, Park was flawless in a round of 5-under 66 that left her one shot behind Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand.Seiyoung Kim of South Korea also shot a 66.I was able to feel a lot of the players nerves when I was on the range and when I was playing out there, Park said. I havent played in a while, but this is not what I usually get all the time. I was able to tell -- everybody was quite proud to represent their country and quite excited and quite nervous at the same time.Jutanugarn, a four-time winner coming off her first major at the Womens British Open, kept her calm during a wild ride.She pulled a 6-iron into the native area left of the green on the par-3 fourth hole and made double bogey, quickly erasing birdies on the previous two holes. Jutanugarn followed with another 6-iron to 8 feet for eagle on the next hole, and she was on her way.I had one double but I felt OK, Jutanugarn said. I want to play my game and not worry about it.A short birdie putt on the 16th gave her a one-stroke lead after an opening round noted for the heat and laborious pace of play. It took the final threesome just over 5 1/2 hours to complete the opening round.For the second straight week, a Brazilian native opened the golf competition. Miriam Nagl was picked to hit the first tee shot.Being in my home country and golf being back in the Olympic Games ... its just very special to me, she said. Nagl and Victoria Lovelady, the two Brazilians in the 60-player field, each shot 79.Womens golf was last part of the Olympics in 1900 in Paris, and then it was only a nine-hole competition among 10 women.These games are all about the South Koreans, who have dominated womens golf for the last generation. The maximum four players who qualified are among the top 10 in the womens world ranking, and there has been talk back home about sweeping the podium.Being a Korean womens golfer, I think we always have that kind of pressure on our shoulders, Park said. Its hard, because we play 30 events a year, and there isnt many weeks where all Korean golfers finish 1, 2, 3. Being able to do it in the Olympics would be something unreal, but obviously its going to be something thats very, very hard to do with all the great competitors around the world.At the same time, it is pressure for a lot of us, she said. It is a really hard one. But you know, we really cant help it.Spain got off to a strong start behind Carlota Ciganda (67) and Azahara Munoz (68) while Lexi Thompson led the three Americans at 68. Lydia Ko, the No. 1 player in womens golf, got into the picture only late in the day when she holed out with a 9-iron from 135 yards for eagle on the par-4 15th hole.It was my first eagle at the Olympics, Ko said after a 69. So I think its great.Park last competed on a big stage two months ago at the KPMG Womens PGA Championship, where she became the youngest player at 27 to qualify for the LPGA Hall of Fame. Park missed the cut and skipped the next two majors because of a thumb injury that has been bothering her all year.The time off allowed her to get ready for the Olympics. Park felt good in practice and carried that to the course, looking much like the player who has won seven majors.Park never came seriously close to bogey. Her bid for a fourth straight birdie spun out on the 13th hole, and she missed a 6-footer on the next hole. Park missed six birdie chances from 10 feet or under, though that presented more hope than frustration.I always like to deal with missed opportunity than not even having an opportunity, she said. Zach Randolph Jersey . With his new coach and six-time Grand Slam singles champion Boris Becker watching him during an official match for the first time, Djokovic appeared tentative early against the Slovakian player, who often appeared content to keep the ball in play. Lorenzen Wright Jersey .C. at the helm of the top team in the Eastern Conference. 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James Dasaolu, the second fastest Briton in history, has been stripped of his National Lottery funding cut for the 2017 season.The 29-year-old, who three years ago ran 9.91 seconds over 100m to rank second only to Linford Christie on the British all-time list, has lost his relay funding, indicating he is no longer in Great Britains sprint relay plans.Dasaolu has paid the price for a poor season in which he could only make the semi-finals of the Rio Olympics before being dropped from the team for the 4x100m final.Bobsledder Joel Fearon, who competed at the Sochi Winter Olympics and this year became the joint third-fastest Briton over 100m by running 9.96secs, is part of the relay set-up, though.The 28-year-old, who finished fifth in Sochi as part of the the four-man bobsleigh team, did not qualify for Rio as his time came too late.The total number of Olympic athletes on top-level podium funding has dropped from 21 to 15 ahead of next years World Championships in London, British Athletics revealed on Wednesday when it released the names of those selected on its world-class performance programmes for 2016-17.Christine Ohuruogu, the former Olympic and two-time world champion over 400 metres, is one of the athletes to have dropped off the podium list. She has been downgraded to relay funding.The 32-year-old failed to qualify for the 400m final in Rio, although did help the relay team win bronze. Afterwards she questioned whether retirement was looming.Injury plagued former 400m hurdler world champion Dai Greene, sprint hurdlers Andy Pozzi and William Sharman, 1500m runner Laura Weightman and 800m runner Andrew Osagie have also lost their podium funding, although Pozzi remains on the WCPP on lower-level podium potential support.American-born 100m hurder Cindy Ofili has been awarded top-level funding after finishing fourth at the Rio Olympics.Dasaolu, who has not broken 10 seconds since 2013, despite one wind-assisted run this summer, was relegated to relay funding last year and has now seen his funding removed completely.ddddddddddddFearon is not part of the WCPP as he is already a member of the British Bobsleigh equivalent, but will link up with the relay squad.The same is true for United States-based Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, who last year ran 19.95s for 200m. The 22-year-old is also part of the relay squad, but not the WCPP as he is still at college at Louisiana State University.British Athletics performance director Neil Black said: 2016 was an excellent year for the British Athletics teams at both the Olympics and Paralympics, winning more medals in Rio than in London 2012.But we are now at the start of a new Olympic and Paralympic cycle, so we need to build a team that is focused towards further success and improvement at Tokyo 2020 -- our selections reflect this.With a core group of established athletes and a large group of young and emerging talent, this is an exciting time for British Athletics.As ever, the athletes selected will be expected to fulfil tough performance criteria throughout the next cycle, but our immediate focus is firmly on winning medals at London 2017 next year.To have both World Championships in the UK, in the same year, is just incredible. It will be a once in a lifetime opportunity for British athletes to be crowned world champions and become world medallists on home soil, and I expect a number of those selected on this years WCPP to grasp that opportunity.British Athletics WCPP is funded by the Lottery through UK Sport, with selection based upon the potential to win medals at an Olympics or Paralympics.In addition to the 15 athletes on the Olympic podium programme, there are 23 on the Paralympic one.Twenty-nine athletes are included on the Olympic podium potential programme, with 24 joining the Paralympic equivalent. A further 27 athletes are funded as part of the relay squads. ' ' '