All photos courtesy D’Artagnan Dias.
The Olympic competition pool is still closed to the press, but one of our Brazilian correspondents was able to snap some shots of the outside of the Olympic aquatics stadium, the warm-up pool, and the surrounding area.
For the Olympic test event, the Maria Lenk Trophy in April, the warm-up pool was not yet encased in its current bubble. During the event, some swimmers complained of a mosquito infestation in the warm up pool, but having the warm-up facilities indoors should assuage the problem.
Outside the Rio 2016 Olympic aquatics center via D’artagnan Dias
Close up of the Olympic aquatics center art via D’artagnan Dias
Rio 2016 Olympic Aquatics Center via D’artagnan Dias
Outside the aquatics center via D’artagnan Dias
Rio 2016 Olympic warm up pool via D’artagnan Dias
Rio 2016 Olympic warm up pool via D’artagnan Dias
Rio 2016 Olympic warm up pool (with a television for athletes to watch the races) via D’artagnan Dias
Rio 2016 Olympic warm up pool via D’artagnan Dias
The Jacarepaguá Lagoon is right outside the aquatics center, reportedly causing the surrounding area to smell like raw sewage. Photo via D’artagnan Dias