Why Rio Olympics diving pool turned GREEN is finally revealed as games bosses come clean
The world was left scratching its head this week when the Olympic diving pool suddenly turned GREEN.
The water in the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre had been the traditional blue when Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow won a diving bronze medal on Monday.
But by the time the synchronised 10m platform event took place the next day it had turned a distinct shade of emerlald.
Now the reason behind the mysterious change has been revealed.
According to games bosses, an unauthorised dump of 80 litres of hydrogen peroxide was to blame.
The chemical allowed algae to grow at a pretty speedy rate.
Gustavo Nascimento, director of venue management told the Lad Bible the hydrogen peroxide is used to clean pools, but it shouldn't have been mixed with chlorine.
"We were not consulted; our contractor's failure is our failure," he added.
After the amazing switch in colour, spectators pointed out that the water in the opposite pool was still the same shade of blue. But it was feared that a build-up of algae led to the colour change.
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