• A swimmer prepares to start a practices session ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, August 1, 2016. Stefan Wermuth / Reuters
    A swimmer prepares to start a practices session ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, August 1, 2016. Stefan Wermuth / Reuters
  • A swimmer practices at the Olympic swimming venue ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, August 2, 2016. Stefan Wermuth / Reuters
    A swimmer practices at the Olympic swimming venue ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, August 2, 2016. Stefan Wermuth / Reuters
  • Olympic athletes practice in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 01 August 2016 ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Larry W Smith / EPA
    Olympic athletes practice in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 01 August 2016 ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Larry W Smith / EPA
  • An unidentified athlete trains in the Olympic pool of the aquatics centre ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, August 2, 2016. Matt Slocum / AP Photo
    An unidentified athlete trains in the Olympic pool of the aquatics centre ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, August 2, 2016. Matt Slocum / AP Photo
  • An unidentified athlete sports a tattoo with the Olympic rings during a swimming training session before the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, August 2, 2016. Dmitri Lovetsky / AP Photo
    An unidentified athlete sports a tattoo with the Olympic rings during a swimming training session before the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, August 2, 2016. Dmitri Lovetsky / AP Photo
  • Swimmer Jeanette Ottesen of Denmark during training sessions at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium at the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 01 August 2016. Patrick B Kraemer / EPA
    Swimmer Jeanette Ottesen of Denmark during training sessions at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium at the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 01 August 2016. Patrick B Kraemer / EPA
  • United States’ Michael Phelps holds on a lane marker during a training session prior to the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, August 2, 2016. Matt Slocum / AP Photo
    United States’ Michael Phelps holds on a lane marker during a training session prior to the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, August 2, 2016. Matt Slocum / AP Photo
  • Japan’s Ippei Watanabe practices ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, August 1, 2016. Edgard Garrido / Reuters
    Japan’s Ippei Watanabe practices ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, August 1, 2016. Edgard Garrido / Reuters
  • General view of the Olympic swimming venue ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, August 1, 2016. Stefan Wermuth / Reuters
    General view of the Olympic swimming venue ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, August 1, 2016. Stefan Wermuth / Reuters

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Rio 2016: Swimmers in training ahead of the Olympics – in pictures

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