Olympic Lifeguards Might Have Best Job At 2016 Rio De Janeiro Games
Where there’s water to swim in, there’s a lifeguard on duty. Even if all the people in the pool are Olympic athletes.
It’s not something that people think about, but when U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps — who has 23 Olympic medals and might actually be a merman — is beating everyone in the pool with floating barriers on either side of him, a lifeguard still is watching from the sidelines. The New York Times pointed this out on Instagram on Sunday with a great photo of a lifeguard at the Rio Olympics looking rather bored.
The Times notes there are water sports where lifeguards likely are more alert for, but that has to be a great job if you’re on swimming duty. They get a front row seat to all the races while there’s probably more than a 99 percent chance that nothing will go wrong.
Sign us up for that.
Thumbnail photo via Rob Schumacher/USA TODAY Sports Images
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