The Rio Olympics diving pool will be back to its blue colour later on Wednesday, Games organisers assured, blaming a drop in alkalinity levels for an uninviting green hue during competition on Tuesday. The independent group (charged with checking the water quality) confirmed the measures to bring the pool back to its normal colour,” Andrada said. The water in the pool was bright green on Tuesday, baffling competitors in the women’s 10 metre synchronised event, who said they could not see their partner underwater. Organisers are also struggling with major transportation, ticketing and security issues in the first five days of the competitions. “FINA can confirm that the reason for the unusual water colour… is that the water tanks ran out some of the chemicals used in the water treatment process,” it said in a statement.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 11, 2016 14:48 UTC