Water Cube At the Olympics and Post-Olympics use
2 min readAt the Olympics
The Aquatics Center hosted the swimming，diving and synchronized swimming events during the.Olympics.Water polo was originally planned to be here but was moved to the Ying Tung Natatorium.
Many people believed swimmer can swim fastest in the water cube.It is 1.314 meters deeper than most Olympic pools.The London 2012 Aquatics Centre has the same depth，which leads many to believein the London pool the swimmer swim as fast as in the Beijing pool.If not faster Deeper pools allow the waves to dissipate down to the bottom and that leads to less water disturbance to the swimmers.In the pool also has perforated gutters on both sides to absorb the waves.
The Aquatics Center 25 world records were broken during the Beijing Olympics.
Post-Olympics use
After the Olympics the Water Cube was opened to the public on select days of the week beginning in June 2009，and was also used as the site for a production of Swan Lake and other shows.The building’s popularity has spawned many copycat structures throughout China.
On October 19，2009，the Water Cube was closed to the public to begin a massive renovation of a portion of the complex into a water park.The building reopened on August 8，2010，marking the two-year anniversary of the 2008 Summer Olympics.The redesigned facility contains numerous water rides and slides，a wave pool and spa areas.
The renovations has brought renewed interest to the Olympic Green area as part of the games’legacy.
