Two time Olympic champion Ous Mellouli is in LA training for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Ous is back at Trojan Swim Club and is gunning for his 5th Olympics. He is currently prepping for the 2015 FINA open water world cup series and the world championship. Swim photographer Mike Lewis paired up with up Ous to make some images for an upcoming project and we’ve got some good stuff from the session.
Ous Mellouli spending time training in the USC endless pool (photo: Mike Lewis, Ola Vista Photography)
Ous Mellouli is known for his distance freestyle, but some of his first steps on the international scene were in the 400IM (he swam this at the 2000 Sydney Olympics). (photo: Mike Lewis, Ola Vista Photography)
Ous Mellouli on deck at USC (photo: Mike Lewis, Ola Vista Photography)
Ous Mellouli (photo: Mike Lewis, Ola Vista Photography)
Ous Mellouli back in the LA sun (photo: Mike Lewis, Ola Vista Photography)
Ous Mellouli training for open water swimming in the endless pool (photo: Mike Lewis, Ola Vista Photography)
Ous Mellouli was the first African to win a gold medal in swimming at the 2008 Olympics (photo: Mike Lewis, Ola Vista Photography)
Ous Mellouli setting his sight on the 2016 Olympics – it will be his 5th Olympic games (photo: Mike Lewis, Ola Vista Photography)
Training in the endless pool gives Mellouli an opportunity to refine his stroke and work on continuous, no turn, swimming (photo: Mike Lewis, Ola Vista Photography)
Ous Mellouli moving through the light of the Uytengsu Aquatics Center at USC (photo: Mike Lewis, Ola Vista Photography)
It’s great to hear that Mellouli is training for the 2016 Olympics. And absolutely fantastic photography by Mike Lewis- terrific swimming photos and portraits.