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Rain and pollution wash out open-water training session on River Seine

A training session on the Seine river scheduled for Friday – ahead of an international open-water swimming event due to be held at the weekend – has been cancelled due to river pollution caused by torrential rain.

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Seine Olympic swimming test cancelled as heavy rains damage water quality

Heavy rains have set back plans to test Paris' readiness for swimmers to race in the River Seine at next year's Summer Olympics but Games organizers say the waterway will be better prepared in 2024.

France 24

Olympic swimming in the Seine highlights efforts to clean up city rivers worldwide

One year out from the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic games, Paris has announced it will reopen the River Seine for swimming competition and then allow public swimming, ending a century-long ban. This ban was in place to stop people immersing themselves in river waters polluted by stormwater, sewage and…

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Riverside booksellers in Paris refuse to clear out for Olympics

The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the River Seine.

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Paris booksellers angry at plans to ‘hide’ their stalls during Olympics

About 60% of bouquinistes along the Seine River will be moved on during the Games next year for security reasons

The Guardian - UK

Peace-themed torch unveiled for Paris 2024 Olympics

Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic torch unveiled: Designer Mathieu Lehanneur's creation is a lightweight polished steel with a champagne colour, featuring a relief pattern that mimics the Seine river. Symbolizing peace and equality, it conveys a peaceful energy and will be lit in Greece before a relay in France and…

The Hindu

Watch: Paris holds parade to welcome Olympic torch ahead of 2024 Games

Watch as Paris held a special event along the banks of the Seine River, which will serve as the venue for the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.

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Paris to allow swimming in the Seine for the first time in a century

The city is cleaning up the river in time for the Olympic Games next year

Evening Standard

Biles, Ledecky, McLaughlin-Levrone all look for Olympic encores in Paris

The city itself will be one of the brightest stars at the Paris Olympics, with ceremonies on the Seine, beach volleyball under the Eiffel Tower and a marathon route that passes through Versailles

The Independent UK

France’s main grain port of Rouen adjusts to impacts of war in Ukraine

France’s primary grain export port is 100 kilometres away from the open sea – close to farmers, who have seen fluctuations in demand for wheat and other grains since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Russia’s recent pullout of the Black Sea grain deal, right at the start of France’s…

Radio France Internationale

Paris practices for 2024 Olympics opening ceremony on the Seine

Around 60 boats took part in a rehearsal on the river Seine for the opening ceremony of next year's Paris Olympics, which will be the first in history to kick off the games on water.

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Olympic fever: Will Paris be ready for the 2024 Games?

Olympic fever is starting to crank up, a year ahead of Paris hosting the world's biggest sporting event. The French capital is determined ensure everything will be set fair for the opening ceremony on July 26, 2024. Although authorities say they're confident all the infrastructure will be ready for the…

France 24

Inside Dior’s luxury floating spa cruise on the river Seine

Wellness cruise? Check. Dior? Check. Amy Francombe on this summer’s chicest spa day on the river Seine

Evening Standard

Swimming in the Seine by 2025: Paris mayor announces three locations

BUSINESS DAILY – Monday, 10.07.2023: We take a look at how the investment of €1.4 billion to clean up the Seine river is beginning to bear fruit. The Paris mayor's office has unveiled the three sections of the Seine that will be safe to swim in by 2025, in a…

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Seine to open for public swimming after Paris Olympics, mayor says

Three monitored river bathing zones in the French capital will open in 2025, said the mayor, Anne Hidalgo

France 24

Rogue swimmers reject Seine pollution fears as Olympic swimmers prepare to take the plunge

While the 2024 Olympics will stage events in the Seine river from the ornate Alexandre III bridge, a proud declaration of the waterway's environmental renewal, many swimmers in the capital are already defying decades-long bans to take the plunge.

The Independent UK

Chanel haute couture makes a subdued ode to Parisian elegance in fall-winter collection

The cobblestoned banks of the Seine served as the stage for Chanel’s fall-winter runway show and celebrated the soul of Paris

The Guardian - UK

Chanel haute couture show is a postcard from idealised Paris

A charming cobblestoned stretch of the Seine is the scene for ‘sophistication and simplicity’

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Podcast: wheat on the Seine, denim goes home to Nimes, forgotten first woman filmmaker

How Rouen, a city on the Seine, far from the open sea, became France's largest grain port; denim production returns to its place of birth in Nimes; and the story of Alice Guy, the world's first woman director, forgotten by history.

The Independent UK

How to follow Paris’s secret Bièvre river to see a different side to the French capital

Thought the Seine was the only river in town? Think again, says Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, who suggests you take a tour of the city’s alternative, hidden waterway

The Guardian - UK

‘The first feeling is fear’: the daredevil group bringing ropewalking and climbing to the theatre

It started with a tightrope walk over the Seine: now Rachid Ouramdane has coaxed highliner Nathan Paulin and free climber Nina Caprez into sharing their high-adrenaline experiences and unique relationship to the elements

Chicago Sun-Times

Art Institute’s new Van Gogh exhibit a showcase for works we barely know

A new exhibition takes the first-ever in-depth look at artworks created by Van Gogh and four of his fellow Post-Impressionists in Asnières and other nearby locales along the Seine River just outside of Paris.

The Guardian - UK

‘The cycling was a breeze’: following the Seine through Normandy

The Seine à Vélo cycle route follows minor roads to major attractions, including a medieval chateau, Monet’s garden and Rouen cathedral

Radio France Internationale

Turning the tide: Olympic organisers hope to make murky Seine swimmable again

A costly and complex clean-up is resuscitating the River Seine in the French capital just in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The city and its region aim to turn the Seine's clouded waters into a venue for outdoor swimming events.

The Independent UK

Fancy a dip? An Olympic reboot for Paris' toxic River Seine

A costly and complex clean-up is resuscitating the River Seine just in time for it to play a starring role in the 2024 Paris Olympics

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