Disgusting! 99% chance of Olympic swimmers and boaters getting sick from Rio's waterways!

Don't swimmers swim in the pool? And shouldn't boaters stay in their boats? Not a problem.

I only skimmed the article, so correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the contamination issue pertain specifically to the lake? Don't swimmers swim in a pool?

It is because of all the casual sex they have in Rio. Diseases are rampant.

Disgusting, a post about swimming! Swimming needs to be part of the winter olympics.

why would swimmers get sick? wrote:

I only skimmed the article, so correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the contamination issue pertain specifically to the lake? Don't swimmers swim in a pool?

Swimmers swim in water. Some events are in a pool and some events are in open water. Just like runners sometimes run on tracks and sometimes run on "roads".

RancidCupNoodle wrote:

Disgusting, a post about swimming! Swimming needs to be part of the winter olympics.

under-ice swimming? that would be exciting

DontFeedTheTrolls wrote:

why would swimmers get sick? wrote:

I only skimmed the article, so correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the contamination issue pertain specifically to the lake? Don't swimmers swim in a pool?

Swimmers swim in water. Some events are in a pool and some events are in open water. Just like runners sometimes run on tracks and sometimes run on "roads".

There are no swimming events in open water. Troll.

Triathlon genius?

Triathlon?

dumby dumb dumb wrote:

DontFeedTheTrolls wrote:

Swimmers swim in water. Some events are in a pool and some events are in open water. Just like runners sometimes run on tracks and sometimes run on "roads".

There are no swimming events in open water. Troll.

Your righteous anger is so misinformed it's funny. There are absolutely open water Olympic swimming events. I don't watch them or know anything about them, but I believe they at least have a 10k open water swim, and possibly a 5k as well. There is definitely something.

dumby dumb dumb wrote:

DontFeedTheTrolls wrote:

Swimmers swim in water. Some events are in a pool and some events are in open water. Just like runners sometimes run on tracks and sometimes run on "roads".

There are no swimming events in open water. Troll.

Swimming has a 10k open water swim. Plus triathlete have a 1500 open water swim.

Also for the person who said boaters should stay in there boats, that isn't always an option for white water kayakers.

dumby dumb dumb wrote:

There are no swimming events in open water. Troll.

What did Haley Anderson get a silver medal in the 2012 Olympics for then?

Poseidon wrote:

Swimming has a 10k open water swim. Plus triathlete have a 1500 open water swim.

Also for the person who said boaters should stay in there boats, that isn't always an option for white water kayakers.

Do 99%+ of swimmers at the Olympics compete in these events? If a swimmer does not have a 99% chance of competing in an event that is done in the open water, they cannot have a 99% chance of catching an illness related to swimming in the open water.

Who? not seriously....who?

Clearly you do not watch the Olympics at all. They have certain swimming events outdoors and if the water sprays you in the face as a boater, you can still get sick, or if your boat tips in the white water events. Track is the main thing I watch for the Olympics, but that does not mean I don't find it disgusting that athletes will be subjected to those kinds of conditions.