Nicknamed a "monster in the waves", he was the first man to swim under four minutes in the 400-meter freestyle.

As such the term freestyle is often used as a synonym for the front crawl.

"I am just looking forward to standing up and competing, " Torres said. "I have at least one relay [race] and the 50-meter freestyle.

She appeared to have recovered and eased into the 50m freestyle semi-finals as fastest qualifier.

She is also incredibly talented, being the current holder of the world swimming records for the 400m and 200m freestyle.