EditorialFILE PHOTO: Britain's Queen Elizabeth watches the morning session of the swimming at the aquatics centre during her visit to the London 2012 Olympic Games
EditorialMark Braly, 86, walks from the locker room to the pool before a water polo match at the Schaal Aquatics Center at the University of California, Davis in Davis, Calif., Aug. 1, 2022. (Nicholas Albrecht/The New York Times)
EditorialAriarne Titmus of Australia stands with her gold medal in the women's 200-meter freestyle final of the 2020 Summer Olympics, at Tokyo Aquatics Center in Tokyo, on July 28, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialCurling stones are lined up at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing, Jan. 31, 2022, ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialBeijing’s National Aquatics Center was known as the Water Cube when it hosted swimming in the 2008 Summer Olympics; now it’s known as the Ice Cube. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialA worker fills air purifiers during a curling practice at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialKatie Ledecky of the U.S. celebrates winning the women's 1500 meter freestyle finals during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, at Tokyo Aquatics Center on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)