Which songs get Joseph Schooling's head in the game?
Prior to a race, decorated swimming champ Michael Phelps has been said to get his adrenaline pumping to tunes by US rappers Eminem and Young Jeezy.
Arsenal's Olivier Giroud opts for a slower beat with Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall by English rock act Coldplay while his team mate Aaron Ramsey builds up his energy with Arabella by English rock band Arctic Monkeys.
What gets Singapore's first Olympic gold medalist Joseph Schooling fired up and raring to go before a competition?
He reportedly listens to diverse genres of music before he plunges into the pool and these include house, rap and alternative rock music.
A look at his Spotify playlist reveals that his go-to jams include anything from Breaking Benjamin's The Diary Of Jane, Calvin Harris' Feel So Close and Drowning Pool's Bodies to Kanye West and DJ Khaled's Cold and Desiigner's Panda.
We have put together a compilation of his pre-race tunes on a new Spotify playlist, entitled 50:39, as an ode to his historic Olympic record timing.
(Yes, it's 50 mins 39 seconds long.)
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