Olympic Photos

SWIMMING:

Swimmer Milorad Cavic of Serbia and Montenegro breaks the surface of the water at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

TRACK & FIELD:

Athletes collapse at the finish line of the 1,500-meter race in Beijing. Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain, right, won the gold in a time of 3:32.94.

DIVING:

Chinese synchronized divers compete at the Summer Games in Beijing.

FENCING:

Keith Smart of the United States, left, fences against Russia’s Alexey Yakimenko in Athens. It’s a “classic peak action frame that no one else captured,” Miralle says.

All photos by Donald Miralle

Donald Miralle is a sports photographer based in Southern California. Read his blog and follow him on Twitter.



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ROPE CLIMBING:

If Rope Climbing isn't an Olympic game yet, it should be... As it was intended by the ancient Greeks: Naked and totally oiled.