Courtesy of Lexie Kelly at the 2016 Rie e Rainha do Mar (King and Queen of the Sea), Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Professional swimmers have various dryland rituals before their race: Poliana Okimoto, Allan Do Carmo, Betina Lorscheitter, Luis Rogerio Arapiraca, Chip Peterson, Haley Anderson, Ferry Weertman, Esmee Vermeulen, Dario Verani and Rachele Bruni, Guillermo Bertola, Julia Aria, Piero Canduelas, Maria Alejandra Barmont, Yumi Kida and Yasunari Hirai.
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