Was The Paris Olympic Pool Slow?

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🗓️ 7 August 2024

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Summary

In the last week, we've seen swimmers diving headfirst into the 2024 Paris Olympics pool, limbs gracefully slicing through the water. And yet, world and Olympic records weren't broken at quite the rate some expected, leading many on social media to speculate: Was the pool the culprit? With the help of NPR correspondents Bill Chappell and Brian Mann, we investigate.

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0:15.2	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:21.4	Hey Shortwavers, Emily Kwong here. We are just over halfway through the
0:25.2	2024 Olympics and I have personally loved watching the swimmers. I mean Katie
0:30.2	Ludeki, Tori Husk. Women out there are kicking butt.
0:34.6	And today I have two gentlemen on joining me to talk about the sport.
0:38.8	One of them is Bill Chappell, a correspondent
0:40.9	and editor at NPR.
0:42.1	Hey Bill.
0:42.8	Hey, Emily, glad to be here.
0:44.0	We are so happy to have you.
0:45.0	And we also have Brian Mann, a correspondent for NPR's National Desk.
0:48.0	Hi Brian.
0:49.0	Hey there, Emily.
0:50.0	You are calling us from Paris itself, because that is where you are covering the Olympics.
0:54.8	Yeah, I've spent the last week at the swimming pool here kind of living and breathing this
1:00.0	and the pool itself has been kind of the talk of Paris.
1:03.0	Right, this pool has been the site of triumphs,
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