The pool water has been biggest story out of Rio this week. Officials have attributed the murky green color of the Olympic diving pool to a shortage of the proper pool chemicals. In response, the officials loaded up the pool with chlorine. Not the smartest move, as the athletes were no longer to open their eyes in the water.
Rio 2016: Green Olympic Diving Pool 'Smells Of Farts', Says German Diver Stephan Feck
By
Editorial Staff in
Bizarre
On 16th August 2016
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The Olympic diving pool in Rio is now closed, after athletes complained over the dirty green color of the water which reportedly smells like human farts.
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Stephan Feck, who is scheduled to compete in Monday's men's three-metre springboard event, later complained that the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre smells like flatulence.
"The moment you want to do some workout and the pool is closed -- the whole venue smells like somebody has fart," he wrote on Facebook.
Feck also uploaded a picture of himself and a team-mate holding their noses while in the Aquatics Centre.
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With the pool closed, athletes have been forced to perform ‘dry' training with trampolines and harnesses in another part of the venue.
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The pool is currently closed to athletes while maintenance work is carried out
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The pool's water turned a verdant shade of green on Tuesday, sparking concerns that the water may be unsafe for athletes to compete in.
Officials have repeatedly assured that divers are not at risk yet, when they turned up to train on Friday morning, the pool was closed for maintenance.
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Tome Steinfort is saying "The whole building smell like fart". ewwwwww
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Owen Gibson said "Athletes had ITCHY EYES".
