completely removed by traditional water treatment methods. Who would want their favourite athlete or their children to be drinking powerful and potentially dangerous chemicals every time they go for a swim?
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Watch an interview with Japanese Paralympian Monika Seryu on water (Box 11). Olympic athletes are young professionals, just like us – so can we also play our part?
Summer Olympic sports
30%
directly need water
Olympic sports
100% Winter
transportation
skiing skating precipitation evaporation
canoe
swimming sailing Figure 19: The water cycle and Olympics