Paris 2024 cancels marathon swim test run over Seine water quality concerns

A trial tally meant to let Olympic athletes to familiarize themselves pinch nan marathon swimming people successful nan Seine River was cancelled Tuesday complete concerns astir h2o value successful nan Paris waterway.

Paris 2024 spokesperson Anne Descamps confirmed that World Aquatics made nan determination to cancel nan exercise.

The cancellation comes a time aft nan triathlon mixed relay arena was held successful nan stream that runs done nan halfway of nan French capital. The information of nan Seine successful which nan triathletes swam is overmuch shorter than nan people for nan marathon swim, which has races scheduled for Thursday and Friday.

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World Triathlon released information Tuesday showing that erstwhile nan triathletes swam Monday, nan levels of fecal germs E. coli and enterococci were wrong acceptable levels.