£5m Olympic-size pool built two inches short

[TimberWolf]

It's only about half an hour's work for someone with a jack hammer. Millions of pounds don't go far these days. Kerching.

[AtW]

oh ffs you lazy brits - get some polish builders, they'll sort it out over weekend for a fiver.

sasguru

[Doggy Styles]

The tolerance of a 50 metre pool is + 3cm - 0cm (the pool can be slightly longer than 50m, but not shorter).

It is important for ratifying world records and all that jazz.

It is useful for training, because exact times matter in some training routines.