It should be a stunning set piece of Paris 2024 - triathletes competing in the River Seine, bringing swimming back to the centre of this city. But concerns about water quality mean the first event ...

Swimming in the Seine has been banned since 1923 because of high bacterial levels, notably E. coli, which come generally from human and animal waste. Le Monde explains that the Seine is no ...

The Seine River is supposed to host swimming events for the Paris Olympics this summer. However, less than two months before the games, a local government bulletin released on June 21 reported a ...

There has also been a buzz about the Seine. The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, announced on Wednesday, 31 July, that the river flowing through Paris is suitable for swimming. The news ...

Swimming is set to return to the Seine at Paris 2024 after a 100-year-old ban The swimming leg of the triathlon at this summer's Olympics could be cancelled if heavy rain affects water quality in ...

The BBC joins Paris mayor for swim in cleaned-up Seine Close Parisians joined the city's mayor for a dip in the River Seine, which has been cleaned up in time for the Olympics. It is the first ...

Ahead of the 2024 Olympics, the street artist James Colomina set up an installation by the Seine River selling bottled water from the river ironically described as “finely polluted.” ...

"After careful consideration of all the factors surrounding Victor, my recommendation is that he should not swim in the Seine as it stands now. Health is always most important." Reuters has sought ...

Paris' deputy mayor, Pierre Rabadan, called for people to wait for “all the facts before rushing to conclusions" regarding a Belgian athlete becoming ill after swimming in the Seine river.

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PARIS (Reuters) -Paris Olympics organisers cancelled the triathlon swimming training session in the Seine river for a second day on Monday, 24 hours before the men's race, after heavy rain late ...