A sudden change in alkaline levels in the Olympic diving pool in Rio has been blamed for turning the water a bright shade of green.
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Nate Hernandez, the director of aquatic solutions at pool care company VivoAquatics, dispelled the notion that urine discolored the water in the pool, theNew York Times reported.
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. “It should go back to classic blue colour during the day”. Officials said the pool will be blue from now on.
FINA, the worldwide governing body of swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming and open water swimming, released a statement Wednesday stating they had determined the cause.
According to FINA, the worldwide governing body for the sport, some of the chemicals used in the water treatment process ran out, which allowed the pH level in the pool to drop.
Still, officials said the water will return to its normal blue color by Wednesday night.
Games officials are investigating the dramatic colour change but have insisted there is no risk to athletes.
However, on Wednesday, the worldwide governing body for aquatics known as FINA, said “the unusual water colour” was due to a chemical imbalance.
“What’s ridiculous is not the green water”.
“The FINA Sport Medicine Committee conducted tests on the water quality and concluded that there was no risk to the health and safety of the athletes, and no reason for the competition to be affected”. But a murky green color, as seen in the diving pool, would indicate an algae issue.
“They’re used to seeing the water”, Geller said.
“If they’re cleaning the diving pool and then using the same tools in water polo, they could contaminate it”, he said.
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“I don’t know what it’s going to look like tomorrow”, he said. We don’t think it is risky or we wouldn’t have our athletes in the water.
