Sports, 2nd prize
World Aquatics Championships
Adam Pretty
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Getty Images
17 July, 2011
Vadim Kaptur and Timofei Hordeichik of Belarus compete in the Men’s 10-meter Synchro Platform preliminary round of the World Aquatics Championships, in Shanghai, China, on 17 July.
Adam Pretty
Adam Pretty is a professional sports photographer from Sydney, Australia. He began his career as a news photographer at The Sydney Morning Herald in 1997 and his desire to spe...
Vadim Kaptur and Timofei Hordeichik of Belarus compete in the Men’s 10-meter Synchro Platform preliminary round of the World Aquatics Championships, in Shanghai, China, on 17 July. They were ranked 11th in the preliminary, but rose to 10th in the final.
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