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.

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 ...

The city of Paris is seeking legal personhood for the Seine river. If the resolution is passed in parliament, it would mean that the waterway and its ecosystem would be granted “the right to exist” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Swimming events in Seine River were hampered during the Paris Olympics due to ongoing health concerns. A look at the risks of swimming in polluted water. Water contamination in the Seine River was a ...

Banks of the Seine river Paris Plage on the quays in 2013. © Sylvain Sonnet/Hemis/Corbis A woman enjoys the sun next to the Pont Neuf bridge at Paris Plage in 2013 ...