- Reference: 2007/2570
- Question by: Murad Qureshi
- Meeting date: 14 November 2007
A total of 82 pools with diving boards have been closed in the capital in the past 10 years. The National Sports Centre in Crystal Palace, the only pool with a ten-metre board and the only working eight-lane 50m-competition pool inside the M25, was recently closed after asbestos was found in the ceiling. How are aspiring Olympians from London supposed to prepare for the 2012 games when adequate facilities are evidently lacking in our City?