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Figure skaters have their costumes, skateboarders have their decks, and footballers their boots and haircuts.
But the only canvas swimmers have to show off their individuality is often just their bodies.
Tattoos in swimming are almost impossible to hide, and can reveal a lot about their owners – from their

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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - JUNE 17: An Olympic rings tattoo is seen on a Canadian swimmer during a training session ahead of the Budapest 2022 FINA World Championships at Duna Arena on June 17, 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Male swimmer with Olympic rings tattoo

From the Olympic Rings to Poseidon and a bromance immortalised in permanent ink: Swimmers’ tattoos and the extraordinary stories behind them

Freya Anderson chose the night before her first swim at Tokyo 2020 to tell her mum that she had a tattoo.
Aware the offending mark would show through her ultra-thin GB swimsuit, the then 20-year-old knew her mum would have to temper her reaction, what with her daughter about to

Freya Anderson World Aquatics Championships 2023

Freya Anderson, the reluctant Olympic champion

Lounging on a coach with an addictive TV series, attempting an inverted pigeon in a home yoga session or submerging into a lavender-scented bubble bath may suffice as recovery after an eight-hour workday in the office.
But if your office happens to be a 50m swimming pool and you’re training

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 01:  A member of the Serpentine Swimming Club stretches before an early morning swim in the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park on July 1, 2015 in London, England.  The Met Office are predicting that today could be the hottest day of the year with morning temperatures already exceeding 30 degrees.  (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)

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