There’s been a lot of media talk today about the diving pool at the Olympic Games being a worrying green colour. Apparently it has something to do with chlorine levels and is perfectly safe, but it’s given the British press another excuse to slay the Rio games and call them unprofessional and dangerous.
Personally I think it looked great. Who wants to dive into a boring old-fashioned pool that looks like it’s full of boring old-fashioned H2O when you could be throwing yourself headfirst into an extravagant multi-coloured rainbow of water brilliance? I don’t know much about Brazil, but no-one’s ever accused it of being bland. Why shouldn’t the contents of the diving pool reflect the colourful nature of the Brazilian people?
I think they should go further. Pour in a load of food colouring so the divers disappear into dark red liquid then pop up again like croutons in a bowl of tomato soup. Wouldn’t that be fun to watch?
RC 10-8-16
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