Indiana University researchers Andrew Cornett, Christopher Brammer and Joel Stager tracked the lap time discrepancies in the Rio pool using data from the longer-distance races. Since competitors in those events make several laps back and forth along the 50-metre-long pool, the researchers could compare swimmers against themselves. By Revzin’s estimates, shifting two lanes to the right in the Rio pool would have given a swimmer a boost of about 1 centimetre per second. FINA notes that no one has found physical proof that implicates the Rio pool. Brammer, one of the Indiana University researchers, said that all he wants is for officials to take the problem seriously.

Source: National Post September 01, 2016 18:11 UTC