A test run meant to allow Olympic athletes to familiarize themselves with the marathon swimming course in the Seine River was canceled Tuesday over concerns about water quality in the Paris waterway.

Pure. Unpolluted. But just a drop of water in the river that is the Seine.” On one of those wilting summer days when heat rises from the asphalt in visible waves, the river outside the office of ...

The swimming portion of the triathlon event at the 2024 Paris Olympics might be impacted by poor water quality in the city's Seine River. Tony Estanguet, president of the Paris 2024 Organizing ...

The Seine River is 777 kilometers long and flows through Paris before reaching the English Channel. It is deep enough to hold ...

The Seine’s thriving biodiversity is largely due to an improvement in urban wastewater treatment and the quality of water that is now being discharged into the river, according to French officials.

Sunday's training session was also canceled after tests carried out in the Seine on Saturday showed water quality did not meet the required ... based on samples from the river taken 24 hours before.

It's a reliable water supply, a major transportation route ... fishermen dating back to the third century. In 1991, the Seine River was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its cultural ...

PARIS — Olympics organizers are banking on the sun and scorching temperatures to improve the water quality of the Seine River enough for triathletes to swim in it. Otherwise, they could be ...

The German Leonie Beck, world champion in Fukuoka in the 5 and 10 kilometers of open water Credit: Aniko KovacsWorld Aquatics The Seine River promises to be one of the main protagonists of the ...

Paris mayor swims in the Seine to show its safe Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the river on Wednesday and swam about 50 meters to showcase its improved water quality. "The water is very ...

The projects build on Google’s target to restore the volume of freshwater consumed across its offices and data centers, on ...

With a few exceptions, swimming in the Seine has been prohibited since 1923 because the water has been too toxic. Paris undertook ambitious plan, including 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in ...