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Italian diver Giovanni Tozzi

A photo that will go down in Olympic history has emerged.

An Italian athlete performing in the diving event at the 2024 Paris Olympics has become a hot topic after he was caught in the exact center of the Olympic rings, which are symbolic of the Olympics.

The protagonist is Italian diver Giovanni Tocci. He participated in the men's 3m springboard preliminaries of the competition held at the Paris Aquatics Center in France on the 6th (local time).

Torch finished 22nd out of 25 with a total score of 346.85 points from the first to sixth rounds, failing to qualify for the semifinals, which are given to the top 18.

In the photo that became a hot topic, Torch jumps off the springboard and wraps his arms around his straight leg while spinning.

Behind him are the Olympic rings, and the camera captured the moment when the torch, spinning, landed exactly inside the ring in the center of the rings. The photographer who

took the photo of 'Torch in the Rings' was Lee Jin-man, an Associated Press photographer. He said, "I arrived earlier than the other photographers and took a seat on the deck right in front of the springboard," and "I always try different angles, but this time I took the photos using the rings." He explained, "In diving, if you don't think about a unique composition in advance, all the photos from the competition can look the same," and tried to capture the athlete's movements, face, and the rings. I placed the athlete in the center with the rings in the background and tried to match the symmetry of the photo." Netizens who came across the photo responded, “That player got the shot of a lifetime,” “The saying, ‘the early bird gets the worm,’ is true,” “This is a lifelong profile picture,” “This is a work of art.”