Paralympics 2012: A view from beneath the pool – in pictures

Men's S10 100m butterfly heats Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer

David Taylor of Barbados finishes in last place in his Men's SB8 100m breaststroke heat Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer

Jonas Larsen of Denmark, foreground, in the Men's S5 200m freestyle heats Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer

Great Britain's Eleanor Simmonds of qualifying fastest in a new Paralympic Record during the Women's S6 400m freestyle heats Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer

Women's S11 50m freestyle heat Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer

Jamery Siga of Malaysia during the Men's S5 200m freestyle heats Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer

Luis Armando Andrade Guillen of Mexico, foreground, during a Men's SB8 100m breaststoke heat Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer

Viktor Kemeny of Slovakia in the Men's SB7 100m breaststroke heats Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer

Men's S6 400m freestyle heats Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer