야후에 재미난 기사가 있어서 옮겨봤다. 나도 참 궁금했다. 왜 다이빙선수가 물에서 나오면 항상 샤워를 할까? 금방 물에서 나왔는데?? 그 답이 명쾌하게 제시되었네..
아래를 읽어보시고 정답은 그 아래에 드래그 하면 볼 수 있지요.
After completing a dive, competitors swim to a ladder, climb out of the pool and head immediately to a bank of showers that sit adjacent to the diving boards. Then, in full view of the crowd and NBC cameras, they shower off. Divers keep their suits on, of course, usually appearing only to rinse off their hair and arms. Oftentimes, the divers will receive their scores while still showering off. What's the purpose of this?
Theories have ranged from 'to get the chlorine off' to 'they want to have fun' -- seriously, that last one is a direct quote from NBC's diving analyst, Cynthia Potter. Neither are the reason.
Divers shower in between each dive to keep their muscles warm after getting out of the pool. The temperature of the pool water and the air are usually different (the pool is usually around 80 degrees, with the air temperature between 68 and 72 degrees). This difference can cause muscle tightness. To combat this, divers warm up in either the showers or a hot tub.
Mystery: solved. (Although we're still a bit unclear as to why the showers are out in the open.The water cube cost over $200 million to build. They couldn't have put a privacy wall in?!)
결론은 수영장에는 살균을 위해 과도한 염소산을 사용하는 것이 문제다. 이를 씻어 내는 것도 하나의 이유이지만, 또다른 운동생리학적이유로는 수중과 기온의 온도차이에 의해 근육이 과도하게 위축되는 것을 방지하기 위해서란다.
근데, 수영장을 짓는데는 약 2억달러정도의 돈이 드는데도 불구하고 샤워시설에 칸막이하나 못달아서 공공연하게 관중들이 보는데서 꼭 샤워를 해야하는 걸까?? ㅋㅋㅋ 잼밌다.
