Bejing Pool is "Fast" and Designed to Break Records.
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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: ?
If this pool is 13 meters deep.....I need new glasses........
Looks like 3 to me.......
Is that a bulkhead at the far end separating the swimming from the diving or are they separate pools? I can see the diving well being 13m deep since they have a 10m platform.
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I would think 13 meters would be an absolute waste - most pools I swim in are lucky to even be 2.5 at the deepest point. I believe 3 meters would be more in line, and based on the pictures that does not look like a 13 meter deep pool (in fact, I don't think I have even heard of a pool deeper than perhaps 6-7 meters)
Hmmm... I haven't been to Northwestern's pool much this summer, but they have a 5m platform and a depth of 13-14 ft (about 4m). The Chinese are presumably spending $100m on the opening ceremonies. What's a few extra meters to them? Ahandful of extra bucket loaders full of dirt and the skim a fraction of an inch of water off the Three Gorges reservoir to make up the extra volume. ;)
I'm not actually seriously suggesting at this point that the diving well is 13m deep, but one could see how it might not be out of the realm of reasonableness to an inexperienced reporter.
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Photo of the competition pool looks to be 13 feet deep....which is 3 meters.
The first link I posted just goes to show...reporters can mix things up.
3 meters is only 9.8 feet.
So far in pool design, 3 meter depth has been found to be the optimal balance of water density, wave disipation, temperature control, current control, etc. Maybe that might change but that's where pool design is right now.
So far in pool design, 3 meter depth has been found to be the optimal balance of water density, wave disipation, temperature control, current control, etc. Maybe that might change but that's where pool design is right now.
Are you just making stuff up Paul?:duel:
I'll buy Paul's argument. At some point there's got to be a transition from a pool being a nice deep and fast pool to just being a small lake. The more water you get in there the more difficult it's going to be to control things like temperature, currents and chemical balance. So basically you just need the pool to be deep enough so that turbulence is dissipated before it hits the bottom of the pool and reflects back up.
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:
