The race has started in Seville for the 2008 World Open Water Swimming Championships but Natalya Pankina (#89) and Ksenia Popova (#37) are just steppin' back, adjusting the goggles, seeing which girls are going "Mixed Martial Arts" on one another and then they will dive in at their leisure while the pack sorts out who gets the most black eyes.From 10K swimmer:
When asked why she took her time at the start, Natalya answered, "Because I did not want to be traumatised!" giving us a little hint of the aggressiveness of the world's elite female swimmers.
The Photo above comes from Natalya's Facebook page. [ I can't find a link to it >.< ] Guess how the girls do: [Link]
