Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.

Haley Anderson and Yasunari Hirai practice with others, including multiple Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Soni, from California to Santos, Brazil in the build-up to the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim next week in Copacabana Beach.

Hirai is shown standing in front of the large poster of local Santos favorite Ana Marcela Cunha.

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