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Paris mayor to swim in Seine ahead of Olympics

The mayor of the French capital Anne Hidalgo is set to take a long-awaited dip in the Seine on Wednesday to demonstrate the river is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics, her office said.

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Paris Mayor To Take Dip In Seine Ahead Of Olympics

The mayor of the French capital Anne Hidalgo is set to splash into the murky waters of the Seine on Wednesday to demonstrate that the river is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month.

International Business Times

For a century, it’s been illegal to swim in the Seine. Will Paris’s clean-up make the river safe for Olympic swimmers?

Five eagerly anticipated events in the Paris Olympics will be the mens and womens 10 kilometre marathon swimming races, as well as the 1,500 metre swimming section of three triathlon events. Why? Because all will be held in the Seine River in the centre of Paris. The swimmers – including…

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Paris Mayor To Swim In Seine Ahead Of Olympics

International Business Times

Will the Seine River be clean in time for Olympic athletes to swim?

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…

France 24

Will the Seine be clean enough by the Olympics? Not even the experts know yet

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 it

The Independent UK

Paris Olympics 2024: Key issues – Israel, Russia, Seine, hijab ban, workers

As Paris gets closer to hosting its third Olympics, Al Jazeera looks at the five biggest talking points.

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French sports minister takes a dip in the Seine ahead of Paris Olympics

French sports minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has taken a symbolic dip in the Seine in a bid to ease concerns about water quality before the start of the Paris Olympics

The Independent UK

France's sports minister takes dip in Seine in boost for Olympics organisers

French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera swam in the Seine on Saturday, raising hopes the river will be clean enough for competitors at the Paris Olympics which start in less than a fortnight.

Radio France Internationale

Seine fit for swimming most of past 12 days, Paris city hall says ahead of Olympics

The Seine has been clean enough to swim for most of the past 12 days, Paris city hall said Friday, just two weeks ahead of the Olympic Games.

Radio France Internationale

Paris Dream Of Swimming In The Seine Part Of Its Olympics Vision

Going for a dip in the Seine on a hot summer's day has been the pipedream of many a Parisian since swimming in the river was formally banned a century ago.

International Business Times

Paris to contest plans for river landing pad for flying taxis at 2024 Olympics

France's government has given the go-ahead for a floating landing pad for flying taxis to be built on the River Seine. It's set to be shown off during the Paris Olympics, but Paris City Hall says it plans to challenge the landing pad permit in court.

Radio France Internationale

The Seine, the romantic lifeblood of Paris, is set to reopen for swimming after 100 years. But its cursed clean-up has become a lesson for future Olympics

“The Seine plays this dualistic role between our Emily in Paris postcard moments and the reality of being a living, working, breathing river,” one expert said.

Fortune

Paris Olympics share backup plans for open water swimming, triathlon if Seine River remains too dirty

Paris Olympics organizers still have "full confidence" swimming events in the Seine River will happen.

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Seine water quality improves ahead of Paris Olympics, new tests show

With the Paris Olympics just three weeks away, recent test results show promising improvements in the Seine's water quality. The river is set to host several outdoor swimming events during the Games.

The Independent UK

An American swims in Paris' Seine River before the Olympics despite contamination concerns

A 76-year-old American swimmer has taken a dip in the Seine River in Paris to celebrate the Fourth of July

USA Today Sports Media Group

USA swimmer calls Paris Olympics organizers ‘irresponsible’ for seemingly not having a backup plan for dirty Seine River

Less than a month before the Paris Olympics, the Seine River is still too dirty to swim in.

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The Olympics swimming controversy with Paris’ dirty Seine River, including a threatened poop protest, explained

Yes, you read right. A poop protest. We break it all down for you.

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Tests show Paris' Seine River still has unsafe E. coli levels with Olympics less than a month away

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France 24

‘Love France or leave it’: the small-town voters driving support for Le Pen’s far right

The Seine-et-Marne area southeast of Paris has emerged as a bastion of support for the National Rally in a region that was previously hostile towards Marine Le Pen’s party. Fresh from its triumph in European elections, the far right is riding a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment in the French capital’s…

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In-Seine! Paris bracing for mad, magnifique Olympics

Paris is getting ready for perhaps the most ambitious of all Olympic Games while still wrestling with familiar last-minute host city worries.

France 24

Paris organisers unable to confirm Olympic swimming events for Seine – with one month to go

The Seine is set to be a star feature of the Paris Olympics, but with just one month remaining until the opening of the games, heavy rains and pollution are keeping organisers in suspense on whether they will be able to host the open-water swimming events and a leg of…

International Business Times

Seine Suspense As Paris Counts Down To Olympics

The river Seine is set to be a star feature of the Paris Olympics, but heavy rain, pollution and security fears mean there is still suspense around its role just one month out from the start.

Evening Standard

Parisians threaten to poo in River Seine to protest Olympic clean-up costs

The Mayor of Paris has postponed her planned Seine swim until after the hastily-called French elections.

France 24

Paris Olympics opening ceremony rehearsal postponed due to strong Seine flow

A rehearsal for the Paris Olympics opening ceremony planned for Monday has been postponed because the river Seine is flowing so fast, city authorities said on Friday.

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