Climate Politics
Water quality concerns halt Paris Olympics swimming test in the Seine
Triathlon athletes dive in the Seine river during an Olympic Games Test Event in Paris on August 18.
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PARIS (AP) — Another Paris Olympics test run in the Seine River was canceled on Saturday because of concerns about water quality, in a fresh blow to Games organizers and the city’s ambitions to reopen the iconic river to public swimming.
Triathlon swimmers took to the Seine in competition on Thursday and Friday, but results of water quality tests showed “significant discrepancies” in the hours leading up to Saturday’s scheduled paratriathlon events, organizers said in a statement. The competition was transformed into a duathlon of just running and biking.