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.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. The women's and men's triathlon took place on 31 July in the river ...

PARIS — After competing in the Seine river for the women’s open water 10K at the Paris Olympics, American swimmer Katie Grimes hopes she never has to race in a river again. Unlike a lake or ocean ...

The buzz is palpable from Paris ahead of the 2024 Olympics — although the stench from one concern continues. Amid the scenery of the iconic city, the staple Seine River has raised alarm based on its ...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the long-polluted Seine River on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river was clean enough to host open Olympic swimming competitions. $1.5 billion has been ...

French sports minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra took a symbolic dip in the Seine on Saturday in a bid to ease concerns about water quality before the start of the Paris Olympics. Oudéa-Castéra, dressed in ...

Paris isn’t Paris without the River Seine. The 780-kilometer-long river, which runs through the city of light and curves around the mighty Eiffel Tower, not only hosts tourists taking in the sights of ...

PARIS — The men’s triathlon race, set to take place Tuesday morning, has been delayed a day due to unsafe water pollution levels in the River Seine, Olympics organizers said. But the International ...

Being a veteran world-class swimmer — and cyclist, and runner — Taylor Spivey has dealt with worse than Paris’ River Seine. “I’ve definitely swam in far more stagnant, questionable bodies of water ...

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 ...

Highlighting the Seine River is a central theme of the Paris Olympics. But will the river be clean enough for swimming competitions? PARIS — The world’s most romantic river traces a long arc through ...