Seb
Puritan Board Junior
This question has bugged me every year that I've watched the Summer games. I thought I'd share what I found for anyone else who gets useless questions stuck in their head:
From: The mystery of the showering divers - Fourth-Place Medal - Olympics - Yahoo! Sports
I know the surface temperature of skin is usually around 87 degrees, so that answer makes sense, except that the girl divers sure seem to focus on rinsing their hair an awful lot.
From: The mystery of the showering divers - Fourth-Place Medal - Olympics - Yahoo! Sports
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.
I know the surface temperature of skin is usually around 87 degrees, so that answer makes sense, except that the girl divers sure seem to focus on rinsing their hair an awful lot.