Paris Olympics triathlon officials struggle to get going as the famed River Seine rises above permitted pollution levels in the swim-bike-run event despite a billion euros already poured into sewage treatment
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Paris Olympics organizers cancelled the triathlon swimming training session for the second day in a row on Monday, July 29, after recent heavy rain affected water quality levels in the Seine. “Given the weather forecast for the next 36 hours, Paris 2024 and World Triathlon are confident that water quality will return to below limits before the start of the triathlon competitions on July 30,” the organizers said in a statement on Monday.A lot is riding on Olympic triathletes being cleared to swim in Paris’ central waterway when the competition kicks off on Tuesday, July 30, with France investing 1.
“We have had some rainfall but everything that has been put in place has worked, it prevents overflows from occurring so I think we will reach a satisfying quality of the water very soon, but it will depend on the weather forecast as well,” Pierre Rabadan, the city’s deputy mayor for sports, told a press conference on Sunday, July 28.
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