London 2012: reflections of swimming – in pictures
Hungary's Gabor Balog and Spain's Aschwin Wildeboer Faber in the men's 200m backstroke Photograph: Al Bello/Getty ImagesFrance's Alexianne Castel in the women's 200m backstroke Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty ImagesChina's Sun Yang on his way to a world record in the men's 1,500m freestylePhotograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images
France's Laure Manaudou, right, in the women's 200m backstrokePhotograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty ImagesMichael Phelps in the men's 100m butterflyPhotograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty ImagesGreat Britain's Rebecca Adlington on her way to bronze in the women's 800m freestyle Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty ImagesHungary's Laszlo Cseh in the men's 200m individual medley Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty ImagesChina's Li Xuanxu in the women's 400m freestylePhotograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty ImagesNetherland's Inge Dekker, Australia's Alicia Coutts and Missy Franklin of the US in the women's 4x100m freestyle relayPhotograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty ImagesJapan's Irie Ryosuke in the men's 200m backstrokePhotograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty ImagesDutch swimmer Ranomi Kromowidjojo in the women's 100m freestylePhotograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty ImagesRussia's Iuliia Efimova and China's Ye Sun in action during the women's 200m breaststrokePhotograph: Al Bello/Getty ImagesRebecca Soni of the United States competes in the women's 200m breaststrokePhotograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty ImagesSouth Korea's Park Tae-hwan during the men's 1,500m freestylePhotograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images
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