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hasnt been as bad as advertised, which is of course typical. Its always doomsday before the Olympics and they mostly go off very well. 

 

the green water thing is bad but overall think its been ran well and everything looks beautiful. Some room issues it sounds like but that almost seems normal now where construction is so delayed not all the housing stuff is done 

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Brazil has no reason to be hosting the Olympics, especially after all the money they lost when they hosted the World Cup.

Brazil probably wasnt the greatest choice but honestly a lot of the reasons came up AFTER they were chosen. Economy falling apart, president being impeached, zika virus etc werent all news when Rio got selected. It really is a beautiful city and country in the right parts though

 

And honestly i like seeing different places hosting this stuff. Dont want to keep seeing China, USA and big Euro nations hosting all the time, Good to see Brazil and next one is in South Korea (winter 2018). 

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These guys literally do not know what the fuck they are doing.  The diving pool is now closed because they said the water has to be still in order to turn blue again.  They are 100% wrong.  The chlorine needs to be circulated and the algae filtered out.  That is swimming pool 101.   :doh

 

 

 

The Olympic green pool saga has been through more twists and turns than the divers plunging into it.

On Tuesday the diving pool was green. Then on Wednesday, the water polo pool also turned green.
Now on Friday it appears that the diving pool has been closed to training altogether -- so as not to disturb the water and help it turn blue again.
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160810143156-rio-pool-water-0810-exlarge-169.jpg
 
The water of the diving pool at right appears a murky green as the water polo pool at left appears a greener colour than the previous day.
"We confirm that diving training in Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre pool is canceled this morning," said Rio 2016 spokesman Philip Wilkinson.
"The reason is that the water must be still so the pool can return to its blue color as soon as possible."
Instead, athletes will be dry training -- usually involving trampolines -- with water training and competitions set to resume later in the day.
British bronze medalist diver Tom Daley tweeted his concern over the closure.

Diving pool is closed this morning. Hopefully that means we haven't been diving in anything too bad the last couple of days! 1f637.png1f637.png1f637.png

 
 
But Olympic organizers confirmed regular tests showed there was no problem with the quality of the water -- just the color.
Swimming pools, in case anyone is unclear, are supposed to be a shade of azure.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/12/sport/olympic-green-pool-closed/index.html

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