Olympics Photo of the Day: Splashdown

The sport of Kayak Cross makes its Olympic debut in Paris this year. At the beginning of a run, four kayakers drop about 15 feet from a ramp into the water below, then begin paddling as fast as they can down a white-water obstacle course, battling one another along the way. Here, Amir Rezanejad Hassanjani, originally from Iran and now part of the Refugee Olympic Team, drops in at the start of his time-trial run in Vaires-sur-Marne, France.

Previously :

• August 1: Boxer Wyatt Sanford Takes a Punch

• July 31: Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström, Up Close and Underwater

• July 30: Celebrating a Winning Women's Gymnastics Team Effort

• July 29: Surfer Filipe Toledo Gets the Barrel

• July 28: An Equestrian Leaps Through the Antlers