The Olympics already has a new hero and he doesn’t appear to be one of the thousands of athletes competing in Paris over the next two weeks.
The first few days of the Olympics are often dominated by events in the pool with medals and world records smashed every four years.
Paris has been no different with La Defense Arena attracting all the attention from the diving and swimming events.
Team GB have already medaled on the boards while Adam Peaty will be aiming to win gold later this evening.
The man caused a stir in the Olympics arena
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However, it was an unknown man diving into the pool that appears to have stolen the limelight of Day Two.
The women’s 100, breaststroke heats were well underway when Emma Weber lost her cap during the fourth heat.
The American ended up finishing dead last in her heat, but the start of the next heat was delayed while her swim cap had to be retrieved.
Instead of Weber going down to fetch her swim cap after the race, it was down to an unknown gentleman wearing colourful speedos to retrieve it.
The man confidently stepped out onto the main stage with wolf whistles heard from the packed crowd.
He lapped up the attention as he nodded and smiled before stepping onto the side of the pool and diving in.
His dive drew loud cheers from the crowd and the noise increased when he stepped out of the pool holding the swimming cap aloft.
The swimmers for the fifth heat were sat on their chairs with towels wrapped around them waiting for the cap to be taken out of the pool.
The man went into the pool to retrieve a swimming cap
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The fifth heat eventually got underway with China’s Qianting Tang finishing just ahead of Ireland’s Mona McSharry.
Great Britain’s Angharad Evans was the 12th-quickest from all five heats, which was enough to qualify for the semi-finals.
The heats for the men’s 100m backstroke were up next with British duo Jonny Marshall and Oliver Morgan doing enough to qualify for the semi-finals.
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