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Concerns over water quality in the Seine River resurfaced at the Paralympic Games on Thursday when organizers changed the schedule for Para triathlon races. CBC | Sports News
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Olympian who swam in River Seine ‘hospitalised’ as team forced to forfeit event
Belgium didn’t compete in the mixed relay triathlon at the 2024 Olympics after Clare Michel was hit by illness. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »Men’s Olympic triathlon postponed due to pollution concerns in Seine
The men’s Olympic triathlon planned for Tuesday has been postponed over concerns about water quality in Paris’ Seine River, where the swimming portion of the race was supposed to take place. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Charron, de Grasse lead Canada in rainy trip down Seine as Céline Dion closes Paris 2024 opening ceremony
Céline Dion returned to the world stage at the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Paris, in her first public performance since revealing she was diagnosed with stiff person syndrome, to close out the event on Friday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »The Seine is typically filthy. What to know before Olympic swimmers dive in
Triathlon and marathon swimming at the 2024 Olympic Games are scheduled to take place in Paris’s Seine river, where it has been illegal to swim for more than a century. Politicians insist the water will be clean enough for athletes, but experts aren’t so sure. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Will Seine River be clean enough by the Olympics? The experts are unsure
With the Paris Olympics less than two weeks away, a question hangs over the Games: Will the Seine River be clean enough for athletes to swim in? CBC | Sports News
Read More »This 75-year-old took a dip in the Seine. But is it ready for Olympic athletes?
Despite poor water quality results in the Seine River, and angry Parisians threatening to defecate in it ahead of the Olympic Games, Joel Stratte-McClure decided it was the prime spot for a Fourth of July swim. CBC | World News
Read More »Unsafe levels of E. coli found in Paris’ Seine River under 2 months before Olympics
Water in the Seine River had unsafe elevated levels of E. coli less than two months before swimming competitions are scheduled to take place in it during the Paris Olympics, according to test results published Friday. CBC | World News
Read More »Paris Olympics organizers say swimming events still set for cleaned-up Seine River
Despite the complication of recent heavy rain, swimming in the River Seine is still the plan at the Paris Olympics after a $ 1.5 billion US investment to improve the water quality. CBC | World News
Read More »Seine ‘unsafe for Olympics’ due to ‘alarming’ levels of E.coli bacteria
Emmanuel Macron has previously said he would be willing to take a dip in the Seine ahead of the Olympics Daily Express :: News Feed
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