Bejing Pool is "Fast" and Designed to Break Records.
Former Member
To promote the breaking of swimming world records, the Chinese have optimized their Water Cube pool for speed by: (1) Keeping the water at 80.6 degrees, the temperature considered optimal for swimmers; (2) pumping "microbubbles" into the pool to break the water's surface tension; (3) building the pool to a depth of 42.7 feet, which prevents water-temperature interference; and (4) introducing a ventilation system that whisks chlorine fumes off the surface of the water, allowing the athletes to breathe clean air. --outside.away.com
The pool is 42.7' deep :drown: ?
I don't know about you all - but I don't like racing in the diving well of pools. The bottom is too far away and I lose a sense of where I am.
I am with you. I messed up several of my turns in the mile at nationals after having trained in a very shallow pool.
I was completely lost in the diving well during warm-up.
Oh yeah, taking 15 years off didn't help either. :cane:
I don't know about you all - but I don't like racing in the diving well of pools. The bottom is too far away and I lose a sense of where I am.
I am with you. I messed up several of my turns in the mile at nationals after having trained in a very shallow pool.
I was completely lost in the diving well during warm-up.
Oh yeah, taking 15 years off didn't help either. :cane:
