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Reason offered for green water at Rio Olympic diving, water polo pools
Source: USA Today
Reason offered for green water at Rio Olympic diving, water polo pools
Martin Rogers, USA TODAY Sports 4:41 p.m. EDT August 10, 2016
RIO DE JANEIRO – Olympic diving chiefs claimed on Wednesday to have solved an embarrassing saga at the Games’ diving arena that turned the competition pool a deep shade of green and left competitors joking that they were leaping into “a swamp.”
While Rio’s organizing committee and FINA, the world governing body for swimming and diving, insisted the water posed no danger to athletes, the divers and independent water experts have been very skeptical.
FINA said the reason for the discoloration, which was so severe that pairs divers could not see the partner next to them when they submerged, was because the pool’s water tanks “ran out some of the chemicals” necessary for the water treatment process. A water polo pool adjacent to the diving well also is green.
“As a result the pH level of the water was outside the usual range, causing the discoloration,” FINA said. “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.”
Rio spokesman Mario Andrada insisted the “water will be blue from now on” after water experts spent Wednesday morning carrying out a series of tests.
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Martin Rogers, USA TODAY Sports 4:41 p.m. EDT August 10, 2016
RIO DE JANEIRO – Olympic diving chiefs claimed on Wednesday to have solved an embarrassing saga at the Games’ diving arena that turned the competition pool a deep shade of green and left competitors joking that they were leaping into “a swamp.”
While Rio’s organizing committee and FINA, the world governing body for swimming and diving, insisted the water posed no danger to athletes, the divers and independent water experts have been very skeptical.
FINA said the reason for the discoloration, which was so severe that pairs divers could not see the partner next to them when they submerged, was because the pool’s water tanks “ran out some of the chemicals” necessary for the water treatment process. A water polo pool adjacent to the diving well also is green.
“As a result the pH level of the water was outside the usual range, causing the discoloration,” FINA said. “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.”
Rio spokesman Mario Andrada insisted the “water will be blue from now on” after water experts spent Wednesday morning carrying out a series of tests.
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Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/10/green-water-in-the-diving-pool/88512002/
Earlier LBN thread: Rio diving pool changes color from blue to green overnight
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and the cheap plating came off. 
