The last thing divers coming to Rio to compete in the Olympics ever thought about was the pool they use being closed but that is currently what they are dealing with. Earlier this week the pool turned green with no explanation but divers were assured it was safe so they continued to use it. However, after numerous divers complaining about their eyes stinging, as well as others complaining about a foul odor, they decided to close the pool.
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Diver Tom Daley wrote on twitter this morning “Diving pool is closed this morning, Hopefully that means we haven’t been diving in anything too bad the last couple of days!”
Apparent attempts to bring the pool back to its traditional blue also seem to have had caused problems for athletes swimming in the waterpolo pool that sits across from the diving one, and had been taking on a more verdant colour itself. Technicians appear to have put too much chlorine into the pool so that it is stinging their eyes and changing the results in matches.
“This is the Olympic Games and they are putting so much chlorine in the water that people can’t see,” said Tony Acevedo, the captain of the US water polo team. “You can’t have that.”
Gergo Zalanki of Hungary questioned whether they were being told the truth about what was happening. “I’m used to it because we have a lot of water like this in Hungary, but I think there might be something else wrong too.”
Perhaps the nastiest part of all of this was when a German diver complained the entire place “smelled like a fart”. Who the hell would want to compete in conditions like that. Hopefully they get it rectified sooner than later because there were diving events scheduled for today.
