Cheeky Olympian ignores anterior tear, puts on a great show.

[pnwmom]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/27/ricky-berens-splits-swims_n_245780.html

US Swimmer and Beijing relay gold medalist Ricky Berens tore the back of his swimsuit in a qualifying heat of the 4x100m relay freestyle on Sunday during the World Swimming Championships in Rome. Shortly before stepping up to the starting block, the University of Texas senior leaned down to stretch and his suit tore.

"I kind of freaked out for just a second," Berens said. "I felt like was almost down to my knees. I felt like I was putting on a pretty good show."

He did. And the US qualified for finals and won.

PHOTOS AT LINK.

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. mmmm nice butt!

Several photos at the link! :^D

[Buzz Clik]

2. How'd you like to be a timer, standing behind him as he grabs the blocks.

That would be more butt than anybody would want to see.

[pnwmom]

6. Sounds like you're talking from experience.

Yeah, it must have been tough not to burst out laughing.

Amazing the swimmer went on to do so well -- shows how absolutely focused these athletes are.

[Eryemil]

7. Think again mate, I'd shoot my mother for that job. Haha.

[Buzz Clik]

13. Hm. I should have left it in first person. Didn't want to speak for others.

;)

[dsc]

17. No kidding

what an amazing ass that guy has.

[tridim]

3. Now THAT's a wardrobe malfunction

The pics made me LOL, especially the close-ups. :rofl:

[mikelgb]

4. The best part is the comment on the final pic of his FACE:

Ricky in Beijing (neither AP nor Getty took a photo of his face in Rome on Sunday)

they had to use a file photo

[pnwmom]

5. That is SO funny. I guess they were distracted.

No wonder.

;)

[chollybocker]

8. The down-side of carbo-loading before a big event?

(btw, these suits have recently been banned in some competitions.)

[pnwmom]

10. Why have they been banned?

[Horse with no Name]

19. I think they should be encouraged

Heck I think maybe they should just all swim naked!

Men and women. Swimmers have beautiful bodies.

[chollybocker]

20. I spotted it here:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/28/sports/AP-SWM-Worlds-Swimsuit-Chaos.html?_r=2

:)

[rucky]

9. He was behind at the split...

[pnwmom]

11. Wish I'd thought of that one.

:)

[Horse with no Name]

18. He was the third leg in the relay....n/t

[proud patriot]

12. LOL, Right On

cute butt

[ima_sinnic]

14. umm, "anterior" means front. I really had the WRONG picture in mind

until I read further. You meant "posterior."

[pnwmom]

15. Major OOOPS! I should never ignore those little impulses to check the dictionary.

Hope you weren't too disappointed.

;)

[Horse with no Name]

16. Love it!

Hook em Horns!