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A municipal employee demonstrates the sampling of the water of the Seine River near the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral during a press presentation ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Games in Paris, France on July 15, 2024. © Gonzalo Fuentes, Reuters

The 2024 Paris Olympics are less than a fortnight away and questions still abound over the state of the Seine River – whether it will be safe for athletes to compete in the triathlon and marathon swimming events. However, French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra took a dip in the Seine on Saturday and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has vowed to swim in the Seine this week.

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?

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