Some Olympic triathletes who swam in the River Seine have fallen sick and were forced to pull out of competition this week amid concerns about the river’s water quality – a simmering issue plaguing Paris 2024 organizers. Team Belgium withdrew from Monday’s mixed relay triathlon after one of its athletes, who competed in the women’s … Read more
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo finally swam in the River Seine on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to try to convince doubters that its waters will be clean enough to hold Olympic swimming events. Hidalgo took the plunge around 10 a.m. on a glorious summer’s day in Paris, with visitors crowding on nearby bridges to catch a … Read more
With three weeks to go until the Paris Olympics, organizers are making contingency plans as questions remain about the safety of the River Seine that is due to host open-water swimming events during the summer Games. The latest testing results from monitoring group Eau de Paris released on Thursday raised some hopes, showing that water … Read more
Water pollution levels in Paris’ River Seine remain much higher than allowed for bathing, data showed on Friday, one month before the Olympics in which the capital’s landmark waterway is meant to be one of the swimming venues. Data published on the city’s website showed concentrations of enterococci and E.coli bacteria remained well above legal … Read more
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said she was confident water quality in the River Seine will be up to Olympic standards this summer — and that she’ll be able to prove it by swimming there, possibly alongside President Emmanuel Macron. The Seine is the venue for marathon swimming at the Games and the swimming leg of … Read more
