Picture of Olympic gold medalist sleeping in park goes viral

Pictures of Italy’s swimming gold medalist at the Paris Olympics 2024, Thomas Ceccon, nicknamed ‘The Shark,’ sleeping in a park have gone viral.

There was a strange incident of malpractice by Olympic organizers when the gold medalist was forced to sleep in a park in Paris.

Thomas is seen lying on a towel on the grass next to a bench in search of a peaceful sleep shared by a fellow athlete from Team Saudi.

Saudi team member Husein Alireza shared the photo on his Instagram with the caption: “Rest today, conquer tomorrow” on Saturday and tagged the Olympic Village’s St. Denis location.

Husein wrote that Thomas came out after winning the gold medal in the men’s 100m backstroke.