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What if every Olympic sport was photographed like beach volleyball?

An "unidentified" beach volleyball player during the practice sessions for the London 2012 Olympics.
Streeter Lecka/Getty Images

We were browsing Getty Images last week for images of Olympic beach volleyball when we came upon something interesting.

And by “interesting,” we mean “kind of gross.”

Check out these results:

This got us thinking: What if all Olympic sports were photographed this way? We decided to find out.

 

 

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