| Can anyone her solve this mystery??? | |
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| Aug 14, 2008 02:02 |   |
 | I have been watching diving competition in recent days. China has done a good job. So far they have won 4 gold medals. It is said that they have planned to win all eight gold medals. Well, they might realize their plan. By the way, I have found an interesting thing when watching diving competitions. All divers go to have a shower after they complete their dives. Strangely! Why do they have a shower after completing a dive? Do they think that the water in the swimming pool is not clean? Anyone here can solve this mystery? Chinese divers Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia, who won the champions of Women's 3-meter springboard diving.  |
| Aug 14, 2008 03:26 | #1 |
| It's highly chlorinated. |
| Aug 14, 2008 19:24 | #2 |
| Swimming pool water is chemically treated with chlorine to kill germs and stop algae growth. Some pools have so much chlorine that your eyes would be irritated and red for hours afterwards. that is one reason why swimmers now wear goggles. Divers may not have to wear goggles because they don't spend as much time in the water and the impact of the water would probably dislodge them anyway. Bathing suits must be rinsed with fresh tap water after use also. The chlorine will affect the fabric. Everyone who swims in a chlorinated pool showers before putting changing back into their street clothes. |
| Aug 14, 2008 20:31 | #3 |
| The shower after diving so that they can warm up their muscles. The temperature of the pool water and the air are different. If they don't shower right after the dive, the muscles have a tendency to become stiff. |
| Aug 14, 2008 20:46 | #4 |
| Wow! It seems that there are so many experts here. When I watch the diving competition, I only focus on the divers and never think about this question. I just think that it is a normal thing. |
| Aug 14, 2008 20:50 | #5 |
| By the way, there was "accident" during the diving competition. An Australian diver lost his swimming pants during Men's ten-metre springboard competition. Anyone here watched that competition? |
| Aug 15, 2008 11:47 | #6 |
| I have seen the athletes go to a hot tub after swimming and I thought the showers were too brief to relax muscles. But I guess anything helps. By the way, hot tub's chemicals are stronger and swimmers have to shower after leaving them too. The water being much hotter is very prone to bacteria growth. I admire the brave divers who jump from the heights they do! I often wonder how much courage takes to make that first backwards flip! |
| Aug 17, 2008 21:25 | #7 |
| Yinduffy, I agree with what you said. I got the answer from a report on Yahoo! website. "Theories have ranged from 'to get the chlorine off' to 'they want to have fun' -- seriously, that last one is a direct quote from NBC's diving analyst, Cynthia Potter. Neither are the reason. Divers shower in between each dive to keep their muscles warm after getting out of the pool. The temperature of the pool water and the air are usually different (the pool is usually around 80 degrees, with the air temperature between 68 and 72 degrees). This difference can cause muscle tightness. To combat this, divers warm up in either the showers or a hot tub." However, I notice that there is no privacy wall to separate the athletes from the audience. Why are the showers in the open? An reporter from the South Korea took some snapshots of a Spanish female swimmer who changed her underwear and this had been put in the newspaper. What a shame ! First, they disclosed some video materials of the opening ceremony. Then they did something shameful again. What did they want? I really hope that such media and reporter will be expelled from the Olympics. |
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