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by stingrae 688 days ago
> It's also a facility that has one of the most reuse if built properly. You don't think a Paris aquatic center wouldn't get tons of reuse in world championships and other types of top end level events if they'd built a fast pool

They didn't build a dedicated aquatic center. "The pool here in suburban Paris — a temporary vessel plopped into a rugby stadium"

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So you agree they cheaped out?

Paris allegedly spend 1.5 billion to clean up the Seine presumably for fringe events like open water swimming and triathlon.

Again: premier top-of-program sport in Olympics primetime. All they had to do was dig a hole in a rugby field.