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WHILE the United States and Great Britain are choosing the athletes who will compete in the pool swimming events at the world championships, organizers have begun construction on the competition pool in Barcelona&#039;s famed Palau Sant Jordi.<\/p>\n<p>Myrtha Pools, the company that has been the go-to company for temporary state-of-the-art pools around the world, is supervising installation of the pool, which is being touted as its best design to date, with special features to create the fastest pool in the world. 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