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At the end of the 2012 Olympics, photographer Michael Dalder reflects on the technical aspects of covering the events in the aquatics center from underwater. He writes in a post on the Reuters Photographers Blog that over the past two weeks he has spent almost 8 hours in the pool and carried out over 25 dives “to adjust, replace or rescue the remote-controlled underwater camera.” He also comments on the fact that, as access to the pool was tightly controlled, this resulted in very long work days. However he concludes that:

“Only a very small number of people get to watch such a great sport and swim in the same water as the athletes. I am very happy to be one of the privileged few and look forward to the next tournament.” (Image by Michael Dalder/Reuters)