0:34 Paris 2024: Men’s triathlon postponed over Seine water quality Some Olympic triathletes who swam in the River Seine have fallen sick and were forced to pull out of competition this week amid ...

PARIS — After years of promises and more than $1 billion of investment, Paris’s once-filthy river is finally swimmable. And the mayor proved it just days before the July 26 Olympic deadline.

When Olympic triathletes plunged into the Seine river close to the Alexandre III bridge in Paris on July 31, they were making history—and not just by going for gold. The event, which also saw the ...

With 35 days before the start of Paris' Olympic Games, last-minute preparations are being made to ready the city, particularly to ensure that swimming events will be possible in the river Seine. Some ...

For the first time in more than 100 years, Parisians and tourists alike took a dive into the Seine on Saturday as three new swimming sites opened to the public. The long-forbidden waters are now ...

Paris — The first Olympic swimming event in the Seine river has been postponed as tests of the river water continue. The swimming leg of the men's triathlon was originally scheduled to happen Tuesday ...

PARIS — After months of speculation about whether the Seine River would be clean enough for Olympic athletes to compete in it, officials deemed the water safe for swimming after a last-minute test.

Levels of contamination in Paris’ River Seine remain unsafe for Olympians to compete with just over a month remaining before the games, according to a monitoring report from the city of Paris.

The Seine River is a winding tributary of the Red River, and I was surprised to learn that it is Winnipeg’s second-longest ...