For the sake of competition and potential health risks, let’s hope the pool is fixed and no events need to be canceled.
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“I think it’s pretty normal for an outdoor pool, so it wasn’t a big deal for us”, said Pandelela Rinong, who won silver for Malaysia along with Cheong Jun Hoong. After testing, the Olympic committee announced the water had been tested and determined the color is caused by algae.
On Tuesday, when the diving pool at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre mysteriously changed colors, Olympic organizers and FINA – swimming’s worldwide governing body – offered competing explanations why.
Officials have tried to make it clear that the pool was safe for use and that it was only closed because the water needs to remain still in order to change back to blue.
Simon Langford, chief spokesman for the Maria Lenk, says training has resumed and preliminaries of women’s 3-meter springboard will go on as scheduled later Friday.
“Hopefully that means we haven’t been diving in anything too bad the last couple of days”, Daley tweeted.
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.
In the latest development in the mysterious coloured pool debacle, Rio organizers might be feeling a bit green after athletes started seeing red.
Andrada said officials were caught off guard by the pool’s deteriorating condition.
The organisers responded by putting more chlorine, a chemical that kills algae and helps to keep water blue, in the pool and its neighbour.
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“The people in charge could and should have done more extensive tests during the day – we probably failed to notice what would happen over time. Overall it’s still the same game so we’re fine”, Brett Bonanni said. He added that athletes had access to dry-land training in the morning, but conceded that “was not ideal”.
