Olympics: Fears for Seine water quality as second day of triathlon training cancelled • FRANCE 24

Olympic organisers cancelled a second day of triathlon training in the River Seine planned for Monday after weekend downpours in Paris polluted the waterway, but said they were “confident” the medal events would be held this week.
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38 comments
  1. Swimmers can get inside a leak proof diving suit with kirby morgan helmets. So their body wont have any contact with the water, call it as evolution of triathlon sport

  2. My boyfriend has a French friend (lives in Paris) that said he wouldn’t ever even dip a toe into the Seine river… That says something. 😅

  3. I remember not so long ago people were worried about walking into supermarkets without masks and now they are swimming in sewage?

  4. Imagine how afraid the athletes must be to catch something in that water that could possibly cause them permanent damages, just because Paris/France is trying so hard to push for this.

  5. Yeah no. Health and safety come before events. Even the olympics. If it was too dirty for the barges before cleaning, it is no where NEAR safe to swim in. Literal sewage. This is so irresponsible.

  6. It's utter disgusting that reach G7 country downplay the seriousness of the filthy water.

    If was a so call third world country it would have been condemned for life.

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