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: ?
Former Member
Photo of the competition pool looks to be about 10 feet deep....which is 3 meters.
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 have a hard time believing elite swimmers would want it much deeper than 3 M unless they knew additional depth produced faster times.
(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
I thought it should no doubt be an ozone pool or anything other than chlorinated one?:rolleyes:
It looks terrible there, doesn't it. I feel bad for the athletes competing outside. I hope some gust of wind or some help from above will clear up the smog for the next two weeks.
I would feel sorry for the athletes, but I actually hope the smog is bad. Maybe that would be the wake-up call the Chinese need to do something about it in the future.
Yeah, this looks suspicious to me, too. I have a feeling someone got some figures wrong.
No, it's the reason why NBC has had to install tele-photo lenses on the cameras mounted on the bottom of the pool :laugh2:
