Shallow Olympic Pool in Paris May be Slowing Athletes Down Big Time
...resulting in sluggish times and fewer record-breaking performances.The pool at París La Défense Arena is 2.2 meters deep (7.2 feet)—a whopping 3 feet shallower than pools at previous games, according to The Wall Street Journal.In a sport often decided by milliseconds, the faster rebound of waves from the swimmer’s movements reverberating off the shallower bottom may be slowing this year’s athletes down, the Journal concluded
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