only in Portsmouth

[saintwiz]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3438515/5million-Olympic-swimming-pool-is-2inches-too-short-for-Olympic-Games.html

[Gemmel]

Dont laugh too loudly Saintwiz. We did exactly the same thing (Ours was only 1 inch short though)

[Poop&Scoop]

Just make thinner timing boards.

[scotty]

a couple of extra inches wouldnt go amiss, tbf

[chocco boxo]

Is this the Len Fairclough pool in Skatesmouth people are on about?

[Joey-deacons-left-nut]

It's done on purpose.

[stu0x]

Amazing that they make this mistake over and over again.

 

Surely the obvious thing to do (rather than lengthening the pool) is build the touch-sensitive panel into the tiling...

[Trader]

Amazing that they make this mistake over and over again.

 

Surely the obvious thing to do (rather than lengthening the pool) is build the touch-sensitive panel into the tiling...

 

Good point.

 

Gotta think outside the box sometimes.

[Joey-deacons-left-nut]

It's done to secure funding but keep it for the use for the general public. If it ends up qualifying for competition standard it's use to the local population plummets and so do revenues.

[Chez]

Not sure what all the fuss is about. The Olympic pool is in Stratford. This pool is used for training which doesn't need timing boards, hence it is exactly the right length. Sounds like one political party is using this non story to attack another.

[mcjwills]

Amazing that they make this mistake over and over again.

 

Surely the obvious thing to do (rather than lengthening the pool) is build the touch-sensitive panel into the tiling...

 

Funny first thing I thought was that as well

[tony13579]

If they are going to "lose millions" then they should invest in some wafer thin touch panels and remove the tiles. I am sure a touch panel does not need to be 50mm thick. An iPhone is 8mm thick and is an effective touch panel ( it don't like getting wet though)