Olympics 2024: Paris mayor enters Seine River to prove water is clean enough for outdoor swimming events

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the Seine on Wednesday in an effort to show the river is clean enough for outdoor swimming events ... the polluted Seine in advance of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Read More

Can Paris Really Clean Up the Seine Before the 2024 Olympics?

Making the Seine swimmable was one of the critical pillars of Paris’ winning bid for the 2024 Olympics, as there are plans to hold four events in the river ... the Seine has met swimming ... Read More

Paris 2024: Triathlon swimming could be cancelled because of poor water quality

Rain at Paris 2024 will make Seine events 'difficult' The Olympics start on 26 ... after the French government banned swimming in the Seine because of health concerns. "There is a big programme ... Read More

Olympics bet against climate change with Seine swimming. For days, it looked like they would lose

Read full article: Study named Texas among most ‘grinchiest’ states in US for Christmas With plans for athletes to swim the Seine River through the heart of Paris, Olympic organizers ... Read More

E. coli In Paris' Seine River puts Olympics triathlon on hold

High levels of E. coli in the Seine River postponed the 2024 Olympics men's triathlon on July 30 after the French government put $1.5 billion into cleaning it. More from News High levels of E. Read More

Paris mayor to take a dip in the River Seine days before Olympics

But poor water quality forced the cancellation of three swimming test events last July and August. Pre-Olympics swimming race in River Seine cancelled due to dirty water Paris practices for 2024 ... Read More

Olympics-Triathlon-Swimming training cancelled for second day over Seine water quality and current

PARIS (Reuters) -Paris Olympics organisers cancelled the triathlon swimming training session in the Seine ... news conference. "The required flow of the river of one cubic metre per second has ... Read More

Where will swimming take place at the Paris Olympics?

Swimming at the 2024 ... Paris La Defense Arena will also host the men's and women's water polo gold medal matches. Where will open water swimming take place at the Paris Olympics? The ... Read More

Olympics-Swimming-Swedish swimmer pulls out of Olympic marathon in Seine over health concerns

my recommendation is that he should not swim in the Seine as it stands now. Health is always most important." Reuters has sought comment from swimming governing body World Aquatics. Paris Games ... Read More

Brisbane told to copy Paris’ Olympics disaster with river

That is despite the multiple disasters that unfolded in the Seine ... the Paris Olympics in the Seine. Despite the eye-opening amount spent to clean up the river, that was banned from swimming ... Read More

Men's triathlon race postponed to Wednesday due to River Seine water quality

UPDATE (July 30 at 9:00 a.m. ET): After two training sessions for the men's individual race were canceled due to high pollution levels in the River Seine (where the open swimming leg is to take place ... Read More