Bar Anticipation in Lake Como employs a lifeguard at its shallow grotto pool due to state regulations. Lifeguard Bella Maikranz mostly recalls uneventful shifts, primarily overseeing children in ...

But they could be much deeper – in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the swimming pool was 10 feet deep, which is just over 3 meters, per the Athletic. “It’s absurdly slow,” an anonymous swimming ...

No world records have been set in swimming at the Olympics so far and in the men’s 100m breaststroke final, not a single competitor would have finished better than eighth at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

A shallow pool at the Paris Olympic Games may be slowing swimmers down—resulting in sluggish times and fewer record-breaking performances.The pool at París La Défense Arena is 2.2 meters deep ...

Because the competition pool at the Paris Olympics is shallower than a standard 3m pool, the hull velocity of each swimmer will be slightly slower. So it is possible that some of the swimmers – ...