The Paris Olympics triathlon - a major, billion-euro project of France seen as a 'long-term legacy' event of the city - gets a gambled green light with 'lower' bacteria levels in the famed River Seine
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News that the races would go ahead on Wednesday came as a relief for teams and athletes, as well as for Paris authorities who have promised residents a swimmable Seine as a long-term legacy of the Games, with the triathlon a very public test. Paris has spent 1.4 billion euros of public money on wastewater infrastructure to contain sewage and minimize spillage into the river, and Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip earlier this month in a bid to convince doubters that the water will not make them ill.
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