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Is this the most pointless job at the Olympics?

We're gonna go with 'yes'.
Rio Olympics swimmers.

There’s always a lot going on behind the scenes at an event like the Olympics that us normal folk don’t quite understand, but one eagle-eyed fan thinks they have found the ‘most pointless job at the Olympics’… and we think we agree!

https://twitter.com/CJBForHeisman/status/762445049674117120

Yes, it’s true—even world class, Olympic-level swimmers need to be watched by lifeguards. You know, in case they forget how to swim.

But some Twitter users think that the lifeguards might be there to maintain the pool rules, rather than to save any swimmers.

https://twitter.com/anuhleese/status/762468321526583296
https://twitter.com/J_Schuman/status/762469021392384008

Oh well, a job’s a job!

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