PHOTOS: A look at the Olympics from (underwater)
Tyler McGill of the United States starts in a men’s 100-meter butterfly swimming heat at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Aug. 2.PHOTOGRAPH BY: David J. Phillip / Associated Press
Victor Minibaev and Ilya Zakharov of Russia compete during the men’s synchronized 10-meter platform diving final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on July 30. Russia placed sixth in the competition.PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press
Kristian Ipsen and Troy Dumais of the United States compete en route to a gold medal during the men’s synchronized 3-meter springboard at the London 2012 Olympic Games on Aug. 1.PHOTOGRAPH BY: HANNIBAL / EPA
Nicholas McCrory of the United States is shown during warm-ups at the Aquatics Centre in London on July 30, Day 3 of the 2012 Olympic Games.PHOTOGRAPH BY: Clive Rose / Getty Images
Michael Phelps of the United States swims in a men’s 400-meter individual medley heat at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on July 28.PHOTOGRAPH BY: David J. Phillip / Associated Press
China’s Liu Jing competes in women’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay heats.PHOTOGRAPH BY: LEON NEAL / AFP / Getty Images
The Netherlands’ Sebastiaan Verschuren competes in the men’s 100-meter freestyle semifinals during the London 2012 Olympic Games on July 31.PHOTOGRAPH BY: FRANCOIS XAVIER MARIT / AFP
Canadians Roseline Filion and Meaghan Benfeito splash into the water as they complete their fourth jump on the way to a bronze medal in women’s 10-meter synchronized diving.PHOTOGRAPH BY: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times
Rebecca Soni of the United States, left, Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania and Iuliia Efimova of Russia compete in the final of the women’s 100-meter breaststroke on July 30, the third day of the London 2012 Olympic Games.PHOTOGRAPH BY: Al Bello / Getty Images
Ryan Lochte of the United States, from top, and Fenglin Zhang of China compete in the fifth heat of the men’s 200-meter backstroke on Aug. 1, Day 5 of the London 2012 Olympic Games.PHOTOGRAPH BY: Al Bello / Getty Images
Japan’s Natsumi Hoshi, second from left, the United States’ Kathleen Hersey, center, and China’s Jiao Liuyang, second from right, compete in the women’s 200-meter butterfly final at the 2012 Olympic Games in London on Aug. 1.PHOTOGRAPH BY: FRANCOIS XAVIER MARIT / AFP
U.S. swimmer Dana Vollmer competes in the women’s 100m butterfly semi-final swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on July 28, 2012 in London.PHOTOGRAPH BY: GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP
Roseline Filion and Meaghan Benfeito of Canada compete in the women’s 10-meter diving platform final at the London 2012 Olympic Games on July 31. Remote cameras can be seen at the bottom of the pool.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: HANNIBAL / EPA
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