(Bloomberg) — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the Seine on Wednesday morning, seeking to show that the river was clean and ready for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games that kick off later…
FILE – Athletes dive and swim in the Seine river from the Alexander III bridge on the first leg of the women’s triathlon test event for the Paris 2024 Olympics Games in Paris, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. In 2024. Paris Olympics organizers and other officials cancelled paratriathlon swimming competition Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, in the Seine River because of new concerns about water quality. The competition is a key test event ahead of the 2024 Summer Games.
“We will allow Olympic events to take place, and allow people to swim after, but in cleaning the river we also avoid trashing the ocean,” Hidalgo said after her swim. “We have to adapt our cities to climate change and rivers are part of it.” For the Olympics, the plan is to have 55 male and 55 female triathletes jump off a floating pontoon at the base of the iconic Pont Alexandre III on July 30 and 31. After a 1.5-kilometer swim, they’re scheduled to bike on the fabled Champs-Elysées, Boulevard Saint-Germain and even by the National Assembly. The race is set to finish where it started after four running laps through the heart of Paris. About a week later, marathon swimmers will take the plunge from the same site.
A key determinant of how clean the river is has to do with the weather. A streak of rainy days can lead the city’s sewage system to overflow. A drippy June, for instance, rendered the Seine’s Olympics swim spot mostly unswimmable in the month. Paris authorities are more upbeat for July.
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