Lanes - each swimming pool is split into eight separate lanes of 2.75 m and the outer lanes must have an additional empty space of 40 cm of water. Ropes – the outer lanes must have a green rope ...

So how do you determine your biggest threat in the pool? It all comes down to lane placement. An Olympic pool has eight lanes; however, lane assignments don't follow a traditional ranking system ...

On Friday there was a flurry of activity in the facility, from crews working to clean up the changerooms below to lifeguards on the pool deck getting lane ropes and filters prepared for a summer o ...

His win in an event which isn’t on the Olympic program in Paris, was all the more impressive given he was up against the lane ropes, hitting them with his fingers. Cooper said the roof of Aspire ...