The Olympics president said the swimming section of the triathlon could be nixed if officials cannot reduce pollution levels in the filthy waterway.
  • BestBouclettesEnglish
    4·
    7 months ago

    I don’t recall people swimming in the Thames for the Olympics, right?

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      6·
      7 months ago

      They didn’t because it was too polluted. They had to build special facilities, which made sense for swimming, but was nonsense for rowing.