Confusion abounded at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre as the normally azure pool water turned a swampy green for the women’s synchronised 10m platform final.
Divers were forced to compete in water the colour of bitterleaf rather than the crystal clear blue they are accustomed to performing in.
Questions were asked on social media as to what may have happened.
On Monday, olympians competed in then picture-perfect conditions and now are just as stunned as to what had happened to the clear water they had dived into just 24 hours earlier.
Some spectators and journalists also expressed concerns over the green water, fearing it may affect athletes’ performances. The divers in the competition including the gold medalists Chen Ruolin, and Liu Huixia from China, and the bronze medalists Meaghan Benfeito, and Roseline Filion from Canada said the green water didn’t seem to affect them much.
Hmm
I don’t see what the fuss about the color of water is all about.