Olympics training session cancelled due to pollution in the Seine River

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The athlete training session for the Olympic marathon swimming was cancelled on Tuesday as concerns over the water quality of the River Seine continued at Paris 2024.

Athletes had been due to take to the water for familiarisation sessions ahead of the women’s 10 kilometre marathon on Thursday and the men’s race on Friday, but water quality assessments found that levels of Enterococci – an indicator of faecal pollution – were too high in the river.

A statement from World Aquatics said: “The water quality review showed E. coli levels ranged from 326 to 517 (considered “very good” to “good”) at the four collection points taken on 5 August between 5:00 and 6:00 a.m.

“However, Enterococci levels exceeded World Aquatics maximum thresholds during the morning review. The latest Enterococci samples (taken between 12:30 and 13:20 on 4 August) showed levels exceeding the maximum acceptable World Aquatics thresholds.”

Fluctuating levels of bacteria have given organisers headaches for months, forcing the postponement last week of triathlon training sessions and the 400m men's swim in that event.

Although the French authorities have spent 1.4 billion euros ($1.53 billion) on upgrading the capital's sewage systems, with cleaning up the Seine a top Olympic legacy, regular checks of the river's health continue to cause concern.

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Failing to clean the Seine a top Olympic legacy*

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2 minutes ago, ARTPOPKISS said:

Why are we surprised we already know @River is full of **** 

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Remember when people were judgmental and thought this would happen at Rio? Karma

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Training season is over

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43 minutes ago, ARTPOPKISS said:

Why are we surprised we already know @River is full of **** 

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