Sports Action, 3rd prize
World Swimming Sports
Quinn Rooney
Getty Images
Getty Images
29 April, 2013
Participants compete at the World Aquatics Championships, in Barcelona, Spain, and the Australian Swimming Championships, in Adelaide, Australia.
Quinn Rooney
Quinn Rooney is an Australia-based staff photographer with Getty Images. He graduated from Melbourne School of Art and Photography in 1996 and started his career as a contributor...
Australian Ray Eliason competes in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke multi-class on 29 April, day four of the Australian Swimming Championships, at the South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre. The championships doubled as trials for the World Aquatics Championships. Eliason came third in the finals.
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