The final day of Olympics swimming was yesterday, and the whole thing was honestly a blast. Please join me for our traditional salute to swimsuits, waves, water, haireography, sports photography, high fives, hugs, and, respectfully, everyone’s absolutely insane muscles. There’s a lot of aquatic joy in here.
PS: I hope you’re interested in Florent Manaudou, who, I’m relieved to report, is on his fourth straight Olympics of being very hot.
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