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08-12-2016, 10:16 PM
Olympics official on Rio's green diving pool: 'Chemistry is **t an exact science'
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The diving pool for the Summer Olympics mysteriously turned green (http://mashable.com/2016/08/09/diving-pool-green/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) this week in Rio de Janeiro, then the pool next to it turned from blue to a lighter shade of green.*
It's all very weird — but Friday's explanation from a Rio 2016 spokesman is even weirder.
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The diving pool was closed for practice Friday morning as officials struggled to fix the off-color water. The governing body of international swimming blamed (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/green-water-rio-olympics-explained/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) the problem on a shortage of water-treating chemicals.*
Swimmers have expressed frustration about conditions (http://mashable.com/2016/08/11/olympic-pool-green-chlorine-rio/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) online and in the media, although Olympics officials insist the water is safe to swim in.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/olympics-green-water-chemistry-lol/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The diving pool for the Summer Olympics mysteriously turned green (http://mashable.com/2016/08/09/diving-pool-green/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) this week in Rio de Janeiro, then the pool next to it turned from blue to a lighter shade of green.*
It's all very weird — but Friday's explanation from a Rio 2016 spokesman is even weirder.
SEE ALSO: OK, let's talk about *** at the Rio Olympics (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/rio-olympics-***-condoms/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The diving pool was closed for practice Friday morning as officials struggled to fix the off-color water. The governing body of international swimming blamed (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/green-water-rio-olympics-explained/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) the problem on a shortage of water-treating chemicals.*
Swimmers have expressed frustration about conditions (http://mashable.com/2016/08/11/olympic-pool-green-chlorine-rio/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) online and in the media, although Olympics officials insist the water is safe to swim in.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/olympics-green-water-chemistry-lol/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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