Everyone has their own pre-match ritual, whether it’s wearing the same jocks for each match or shadow-boxing in front of Michael Phelps (HERE).

Some work better than others, but for 21-year-old Canadian Santo Condorelli it’s something as simple as flipping his own father the bird.

His father returns the favour, everyone’s happy, and next thing he’s representing his country at the Olympics. Metro reports:

This is the first time that Santo has swum at Olympic level. He came seventh in the Men’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay final on Sunday with his team: Yuri Kusil, Markus Thormeyer and Evan Van Moerkerke…

Condorelli says he’s ‘not trying to p*** people off’ so he tries to be discreet about his ritual.

To be fair he does it on the lowdown, but those cameras catch everything:

Hey man, whatever it takes to get you in the zone.

[source:metro]