Nine days before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics, Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of the French capital, braved the murky waters of the Seine on Wednesday morning to show that the river is clean enough to host the Games’ outdoor swimming events. Sporting a wetsuit and goggles,...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swims in the Seine nine days before Olympic Games kickoff

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a long-awaited dip in the River Seine on Wednesday morning in a bid to prove the water is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Olympics later this month. A historic scene since swimming in the Seine has been prohibited for almost a century. The Seine had until recently repeatedly failed daily water quality tests.

'Political aim' achieved: Paris Mayor takes dip to prove Seine clean ahead of Olympics

PARIS — After years of promises and more than $1 billion of investment, Paris’s once-filthy river is finally swimmable. And the mayor proved it just days before the July 26 Olympic deadline. Journalists and spectators from around the world crowded banks and bridges of the Seine River to...

Paris mayor swims in the Seine to demonstrate its safety ahead of the Olympics

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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the Seine River to address water quality concerns ahead of the 2024 Olympics, showcasing ongoing cleanup efforts for athlete safety

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The mayor of the French capital Anne Hidalgo is set to take a long-awaited dip in the Seine on Wednesday (July 17) to demonstrate the river is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics, her office said. The event, as well as practice competitions, have repeatedly been postponed because of bacteria and high pollution levels in the river. But swimming in the Seine was once a popular pastime.

France: Swimming in the Seine, once a popular pastime

In this week's edition of Destination Paris, we focus on Anne Hidalgo taking a dip in the Seine in order to prove its cleanliness ahead of the Games. Wearing a wetsuit and goggles, the mayor of Paris plunged into the river near City Hall. She was joined by Paris 2024 chief Tony Estanguet and the top government official for the Paris region, Marc Guillaume, along with swimmers from local clubs.

Mayor of Paris takes the plunge nine days before Olympics start

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Paris — The City of Light placed the Seine river at the heart of its bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The opening ceremony will be held along the Seine, and several open water swimming events during the games are set to take place in the river. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo had vowed that the Seine would be clean enough to host those events — the swimming marathon and the swimming stage of the triathlon, plus a Paralympic swimming event — despite swimming in the badly contaminated river being banned 100 years ago.To prove her point, she had promised to...

Paris mayor goes for a swim to show Seine river safe for the Olympics

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07/17/24 | Women's Basketball EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon women's basketball's Elisa Mevius was selected to Germany's 3x3 basketball roster and will represent her home country in the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Germany announced Wednesday. Mevius, a 5-foot-10 junior guard, is entering her first season as a Duck after she transferred from Siena following two standout seasons. Mevius is a two-time all-MAAC selection and was tabbed 2023-24 MAAC defensive player of the year and 2022-23 rookie of the year. Another Duck is Paris bound! Elisa Mevius is headed to the 2024 Olympic Games with Germany 3x3 ????! #GoDucks x...

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