I’ve played in plenty of pools with green water.
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Brit Tom Daley takes part in a training session after the water in the diving pool turned green. So is it unsafe?
A second pool at the Rio Olympics has been turned into a green color this week and reasons behind the discoloration are continuing to change.
“This is the Olympic Games and they are putting so much chlorine in the water that people can’t see”, Azevado said. Thankfully, we now have an answer.
At the time, officials said the green water presented “no risk” to divers, but they’re still investigating the cause.
“FINA’s Sports Medical Committee has conducted some tests and concluded that the waters will not be harmful to athletes and there shouldn’t be an excuse to postpone the competition”, said FINA.
“Mid-afternoon yesterday there was a sudden change in the alkalinity of the diving pool”, Andrada said.
“We need to have the water stew so we can clean it faster and easier”. “I’ve played in plenty of pools with green water”, Azevedo told Yahoo! Share your thoughts with us!
Andrada also noted that the pool would be clear by Wednesday.
A preliminary round for the women’s 3-metre springboard competition had been scheduled to be held in the diving pool on Friday.
“Chemistry is not an exact science”, he said.
Tom Daley has leapt to the defence of the freaky green Olympic diving pool that caused consternation during the final of the women’s synchronised 10 metres platform final.
The Rio Olympics have been filled with headline after headline before the games even started. Thus far, divers who swam in the water haven’t seemed to complain about any after effects, but it’s worth watching in light of Geller’s comments.
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Officials have blamed lower alkalinity and raised levels of algae due to rising air temperatures for the color but assert there is no danger to any of the athletes.
