Paris Olympics: Seine river still to meet safety standards – DW – 06/29/2024
www.dw.com
The water quality of the Seine river is still not good enough to serve as the venue for swimming competitions at the Olympics, a report said. The opening ceremony is also set to take place on the river.

The water quality of the Seine river is still not good enough to serve as the venue for swimming competitions at the Olympics, a report said. The opening ceremony is also set to take place on the river.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/NtHqB

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      2 days ago

      The regular swimming events will be done in a pool. The issues are the weird ones:

      • the open-water marathon (10 km) swimming event, which can’t be done in a pool by definition of “open-water,” and
      • the triathlon, which would require a pool big enough to handle a mass start of 55 competitors all at once, with space next to it for the swim-bike transition zone.