jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoShallow Olympic Pool in Paris May be Slowing Athletes Down Big Timewww.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down16file-text
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minus-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months ago Why isn’t this standardized? It is. France just decided to host swimming competitions in a concert hall. So the pool is sitting on top of the floor of the concert hall with decking built around it and, thus, isn’t as deep as a normal Olympic swimming pool.
It is. France just decided to host swimming competitions in a concert hall. So the pool is sitting on top of the floor of the concert hall with decking built around it and, thus, isn’t as deep as a normal Olympic swimming pool.