Rio 2016: ‘I’ve never dived in anything like it’ – Olympic pool turns green

Confusion abounded at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre as the normally azure pool water turned a swampy green for the women’s synchronised 10m platform final.

Divers were forced to compete in water the colour sea lions – rather than Olympians – are accustomed to performing in.

Questions were asked on social media. Had Shrek taken an overnight dip? Was it because Roald Dahl’s BFG had been drinking frobscottle?

On Monday, Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow had won bronze in then picture-perfect conditions and even Daley did not know what had happened to the clear water he had dived into just 24 hours earlier. “Erm, what happened?” tweeted the Briton.(BBC,2016)