Tyler Clary of the United States competes in the Men's 200m Backstroke at the FINA World Championships (© Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

Water + swimmer = one seriously beautiful photo

8/18/2012

There was a time (very long ago, it seems now) when we thought the first requirement for any sexy swimming shot included gold-medalist Ryan Lochte. (Then we saw an interview with him.) Luckily, this photo -- of U.S. Olympian Tyler Clary breaking the surface tension of the water -- has proven that Lochte is, in fact, better left to reality TV. Surface tension refers to the "skin" that binds water -- and which here seems to leave Clary encased in glass, except for the one part of his head that's already broken through. We'll take crystalline beauty shots over "Jeah"-centric interviews any day. [Source]

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