CC photo #36: Amaury Leveaux points to his neck tattoo

French swimmer Amaury Leveaux celebrating his men’s 100 meter freestyle world record of 45.12, in the Rijeka 2008 LEN European Short Couse Championships semifinal. The day after he improved that record even more, to 44.94, first and still only man under 45 seconds. He had a good meet, setting world records also in the 50 freestyle and in the 50 butterfly, winning 3 individual gold medals in total, and doing good with the relay team also.