The internet has some interesting theories though. Accompanied by the caption “Ermmm.what happened?!” the image shows two Olympic swimming pools side by side: one a soothing blue color; one tinged green.
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None of the above, say officials, in response to questions about why the diving pool at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre has turned a shade of green strikingly similar to the official colour of the Rio games.
Murky green water that took over the diving pool at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre in the Barra Olympic Park gave the Canadian bronze medalists an edge Tuesday.
“We don’t know exactly what happened”.
Games officials were yesterday forced to deny the odd colour of the water in the diving pool was a threat to the well being of the competitors – as well as accusations urine caused the blunder. “We are investigating what the cause was but are pleased the competition was completed successfully” the statement said.
The water had been blue on Monday and there is yet no explanation as to why it changed colour.
Although the green water was ultimately not harmful, some divers still said they made sure not to open their mouths.
British diving duo Tonia Couch and Lois Toulson, who missed out on a medal, insist they weren’t fazed by the colour change in the event won by the Chinese.
“It’s very important to the Rio 2016 community to ensure a high quality of play”, read the statement.
“If it were green and yellow, we would know it was a patriotic thing”, Andrada joked, referencing Brazil’s national colours.
“Everybody was scratching their heads going, ‘What’s going on?'” Mitch Geller told Associated Press in an interview. It’s not really unsafe.
Water treatment experts insisted that there were many possible causes, including algae, a lack of disinfectant or the way in which the water interacted with copper in the heating system.
Nope, the green tone seen was due to a proliferation of algae, the organizing body said.
“It’s pretty green. It’s so green”, said American diver Jessica Parratto. The pool will be blue tomorrow (Wednesday).
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“As the sun went down it looked worse”.
