With the sun blasting down on the outside of Stade Nautique Eugène Maës pool in Caen, France on Friday morning, Canadian swimmers continued to churn up the water, exhaustively going back and forth and putting the final touches on their preparation as the clock ticks down to Paris 2024.
For the past week the 28 swimmers from Canada who will compete at the Games have been staging in the French city before traveling to Paris on Monday to enter the Athletes Village.
It's getting real now and there's a palpable intensity around the pool.
"Being as prepared as possible is what I aim for and visualizing what it's going to be like on day one," said Summer McIntosh.