Seine Swimming Race Axed as Pollution Surge Sparks Olympic Worry
- Paris pledges efforts to improve Seine water quality
- Concerns mount that capital is ill-prepared for 2024 Olympics
The Seine rivers flows though Paris.
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Paris pledged to tackle pollution in the River Seine after a swimming competition was cancelled in the waterway that’s due to host events during the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Heavy rainfall increased pollution in the Seine in the past week and efforts will be made to improve water quality in the coming months and to manage “exceptional” weather events, the City of Paris and Paris 2024 said in an emailed statement on Sunday. World Aquatics had to cancel its Open Water Swimming World Cup this weekend due to substandard water quality after the rains.