The Olympic swimming pool has lifeguards, just in case someone like Michael Phelps, winner of 18 gold medals, needs to be rescued. Four of them — two at the competition pool, two at the training pool — work from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. PhotoRIO DE JANEIRO — At the Olympic swimming pool, the world’s best swimmers are never more than a few strokes from the pool wall and always within reach of a buoyant lane marker. They never once yelled at the Olympians to stop running on the pool deck. The lifeguards at the Rio Games have perhaps the best view in the house, as they are among the few people permitted on the pool deck.

Source: New York Times August 04, 2016 04:39 UTC