Men’s Olympic triathlon is postponed due to concerns over water quality in Paris’ Seine River
apJUL 2024
Despite all the money invested to achieve the long-dreamed clean-up of the Seine River, athletes and even the general public had their suspicions about how clean its murky waters would be during the Games. Yet, the very prospect that the triathlon was even considered to be turned into a duathlon is a fiasco of Olympic proportions.
Paris Olympics organizers did all they could to clean up the Seine River for the Games, but meteorological events that can affect water quality are beyond their control. Luckily, recently improved weather conditions made the water safe to swim in.
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