This AFP photo by Julien Crosner from the Qatar Open between tennis greats Rafael Nadal (left) and Roger Federer (right) on a floating court in Doha, Qatar surely captured the attention of sports fans.
But the quiet moments savored and experienced by open water swimmers just before or just after they get in or out of the open water provide some great ambiance for sports photos.
Aly Sony of Reuters captured Chile’s Alvaro Trewhela gazing over the 10K course and pondering his 46th-place finish at the Olympic 10km Marathon Swim qualification race at the 2011 World Swimming Championships in Shanghai, China.
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