The pool at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center has been closed for diving practice to allow more time to clean the green-tinged water.
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This comes after the diving pool turned green on Tuesday, Aug. 9. Nor do they change the fact that the water remains green.
Rio officials have confirmed that the Olympic diving pool will be closed for training today.
The organisers said the pool would reopen Saturday (AEST) for training as well as for the women’s individual three-metre springboard preliminaries. “She vented her anger on Twitter, writing that “#FixTheSwamp” should become a trending topic.
Mario Andrada, the chief spokesman for the Rio 2016 organizing committee, stressed that the pool was safe for competition, clearing the way for the afternoon competition.
Tests carried out showed no health risks to athletes however, and officials say the water should change back to blue today or tomorrow once the chemical balance have been restored. “FINA is aware and supports our decision”, read the statement. “One member of the USA team said he couldn’t see a thing towards the end of the game”.
“Chemistry is not an exact science”, he said, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The issues with the water have reportedly spilled over to affecting other sports as well.
But that just resulted in water polo players complaining that chlorine was stinging their eyes.
And with the fart smell looming, athletes entering the diving pool should be mindful of their mouths, eyes and noses. We reduced immediately the quantity.
“This was because our first reaction to the water turning green was to use more chemicals”, Andrada said.
Andrada admitted that the water had not been monitored as well as it should have been and that a rain storm in the morning on Wednesday contributed to the problem. “We certainly could have done better in the beginning to prevent the water from turning green”. “We made a little mistake”.
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Athletes will use trampoline routines and dry-land training to warm up until the pool re-opens.
