While Italians held their breath as the men’s team swam their way to a third place in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay at the Paris Olympics on July 27, the internet collectively gasped when swimmer Thomas Ceccon revealed a glimpse of his abs on the podium. As Ceccon celebrated with his bronze medal alongside his teammates, audiences were temporarily distracted by the swimmer’s sculpted abdominal muscles, which peeked out from under his sweatshirt, per People. {"@context":"https://schema.
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Speaking to Italian news network Rai three days later, the swimmer said that he was just “excited to be on the podium”. Fans are flocking to the Italian swimmer’s social media account, leaving words of admiration – and, most of all, heart-eyed emojis – in the comments section. Ceccon, who also nabbed gold in the men’s 100-metre backstroke at the Games, took to Instagram to share snippets of.