Last month, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo made a big deal out of taking a dip in the Seine River, which has historically been far too polluted to swim in due to longstanding health concerns over its ...

Games organisers and World Aquatics earlier said the latest tests from the Seine had been assessed ... promising the river ...

Hidalgo postponed her initial plan to swim on June 23 because of the river's water level and the amount of bacteria present. "The Seine is exquisite," Hidalgo said. "The water is very, very good.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip Wednesday in the Seine River, fulfilling a promise to show that the long-polluted waterway was clean enough to host swimming competitions during the 2024 ...

The Seine River is 777 kilometers long and flows through Paris before reaching the English Channel. It is deep enough to hold ...

Reasons to be Cheerful reports on river Seine, the storied French waterway that was once nearly biologically dead but is not ...

Sunday's training session was also canceled after tests carried out in the Seine on Saturday showed water quality did ... The first backup plan is to postpone the swimming portion of the triathlon.

Spanish distance swimmer Carlos Garach is taking a break from swimming to pursue a military career, he announced Monday.

Belgian triathlete Claire Michel has been diagnosed with an intestinal infectious disease after competing last week at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, particularly swimming in the Seine River ...

Things like swimming in the Seine at the Paris Olympics brought a focus on the river being an asset rather than a liability.” As a sign of that change of public perception in recent years ...