Okay, hands up, who’s pissed in the Olympic diving pool?
It might have been funny at school having a sly wee in the deep end, but this is the Olympic Games damn it. People are trying to do sport.
The pool appeared to be in pristine condition when Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow won their bronze medal in the 10m synchronised platform dive.
The pair were pictured celebrating in the azure blue water of the diving pool at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre.
But the scene of their bronze medal success looks a lot different now compared to the neighbouring Olympic swimming pool where Jazz Carlin took silver in the swimming yesterday.
It began turning more and more green during Tuesday night’s women’s 10m platform final.
Tom Daley, whose medal took Britain’s tally up to four so far in Rio, stuck a picture up of the two pools side by side from the stands and we can see what he means.
He sounded pretty puzzled about why the water had turned from aqua blue to piss green…
Ermmm…what happened?! pic.twitter.com/pdta7EpP2k
— Tom Daley (@TomDaley1994) August 9, 2016
BBC commentator Dan Walker pretty much said what everyone was thinking on Twitter…
Has someone had a wee in the one on the right? Check for yourself on BBC4 #LiveDive https://t.co/ECy5VylAjl
— Dan Walker (@mrdanwalker) August 9, 2016
And then the flood gates opened on the urine comments like a drunk taking a midnight leak against your back gate…
https://twitter.com/mrehab90/status/763092521111031808
https://twitter.com/SUGDENSDlNGLE/status/763089716199718913
Maybe they’re emptying the urine samples from the drug tests into the dive pool? #greenpool #Olympics
— Graham Lawson (@TartifletteMan) August 9, 2016
Like fuck I would dive into that pool, looks like someones took a massive piss in it. #Rio2016
— Dan McGrail (@_DanMcGrail) August 9, 2016
Why's wee'd in the #Olympic dive pool? #green
— David Poole (@Pooley66) August 9, 2016
did u pee in the pool?
— Brittany Bishop (@brittbish_) August 9, 2016
And the rest…
https://twitter.com/dr_mario_XXX/status/763102770199089152
Omg, the pool's green?! What the hell???? It looks like Shrek's been swimming in there! 🙈🙊
— Laura Davidson (@lovelylaurajd) August 9, 2016
That pool is growing some hardcore algae. Hope you like a salad with your dives. 😜
— Eric Ranschau 🏳️🌈 (@eranschau) August 9, 2016
after first dive #greenpool pic.twitter.com/3EUcJ9xXOi
— Colin Mckevitt (@DJChopper) August 9, 2016
I hope the divers have a can of coke to drink afterwards. Don't want any upset stomachs.
— Sara (@SaraBostock) August 9, 2016
People started pointing fingers…
more chlorine is needed??? Eek
— TimoteoStudio (@TimoteoStudio) August 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/wh4tsthecr4ic/status/763097727316160512
some one forgot the chlorine. ⚠️😷
— Clayton Hawke (@ClaytonHawke) August 9, 2016
@TomDaley1994 pic.twitter.com/ZXJxQwct4K
— David Dubas-Fisher (@dubasfisher) August 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/mrsspanner/status/763090091032076289
I'm not sure I'd want to dive into that green pool. It was blue last night, did someone forget the chlorine? #Rio2016
— Mr Barnes (@julianbarnes02) August 9, 2016
Do they actually have any pool technicians in Rio? If so, the one in charge of the dive pool needs a stern talking to!
— Tony Smith (@RednBlue_exile) August 9, 2016
But most of all people just genuinely felt for the Olympic divers having to throw themselves into the pissy green water below…
https://twitter.com/chanwhite98/status/763105524619546624
https://twitter.com/AreeCY/status/763102932631977984
The pool is disgusting, why are they so happy to dive in there? #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/lqjcWHugCw
— Sophie (@sophie_gilder) August 9, 2016
Women who've worked four years for this moment are now being asked to dive into a green pool. Ridiculous.
— Sid Seixeiro (@Sid_Seixeiro) August 9, 2016
This pool just gets worse with every dive #diving #Rio2016
— Marianne Cunningham (@_Marianne_C) August 9, 2016
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