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Laugher and Mears: Our green Olympic diving pool theory
The colour of the water in the Olympic diving pool has been the subject of much talk amongst athletes and press at Rio 2016.
On Wednesday, organisers seemed to have solved the mystery, blaming high alkaline levels for the colour change.
But Team GB divers Jack Laugher and Chris Mears, who won a gold medal in the synchronised 3m springboard diving, have a slightly different theory...
This clip is originally from 5 live Sport on Thursday 11 August 2016.
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