French officials inaugurated on Thursday a huge water storage basin meant to help clean up the River Seine, set to be the venue for marathon swimming at the Paris Games and the swimming leg of the ...

Marathon swimming and triathlon events, set to take place in the river, may be pushed back by a few days if water quality worsens following heavy rainfall. Tony Estanguet, head of the Paris ...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip Wednesday in the Seine River, fulfilling a promise to show that the long-polluted waterway was clean enough to host swimming competitions during the 2024 ...

Triathlon and marathon events are set to take place in the river, where swimming has been illegal for over a century. After numerous delays, the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, finally took a plunge ...

Where will open water swimming take place at the Paris Olympics? The highly-anticipated 10k open water events will take place in the Seine River through the heart of Paris. The race will begin from ...

The opening ceremony, triathlon and marathon swimming for the Paris Olympics are scheduled to be held on the River Seine. Although many Parisians used to swim in the Seine, the practice has been ...

Reasons to be Cheerful reports on river Seine, the storied French waterway that was once nearly biologically dead but is not ...

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

"Given the weather forecast for the next 36 hours, Paris 2024 and World Triathlon are confident that ... The first backup plan is to postpone the swimming portion of the triathlon. The second backup ...