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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

Unsafe levels of E

The Independent UK

‘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…

France 24

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.

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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…

France 24

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.

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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.

Radio France Internationale

Paris mayor to take a dip in the Seine the week of 15 July

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo plans to swim in the Seine in mid-July, with the exact date fixed for a day between 15 July and 17 June depending on the weather, she informed the French news agency AFP on Wednesday.

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River boats carry out successful Paris Olympics opening ceremony rehearsal

Onlookers in Paris were treated to a procession of 55 boats taking part in a rehearsal along the Seine River on Monday afternoon. Olympic officials are confident that the near four-hour opening ceremony will run like clockwork on 26 July.

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Paris Olympics Seine River Water Contamination Concerns

Elevated E. coli levels in Seine River raise concerns for Paris Olympics swimming events. Efforts to address contamination include a new rainwater reservoi...

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Unsafe levels of E. coli found in Paris' Seine River less than 2 months before Olympics

The water quality of the Seine river in Paris is raising concerns ahead of the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games

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