Seine

River Seine Unfit for Swimming One Month From Paris Olympics

Results showed on Friday that the river Seine is still failing water quality tests one month before the Paris Olympics, when it is scheduled to host the open-water swimming competition and the swimming leg of the triathlon. The latest tests, completed last week and released by the Paris mayor's office, showed that levels of the E.Coli bacteria ...

Dirty Seine Causes Fresh Suspense at Paris Olympics

Paris Olympics organizers have canceled training for triathletes in the River Seine again because of poor water quality, leading to more uncertainty over whether the mixed relay will go ahead as planned on Monday. All training was canceled in the river last week and the men's individual race had to be delayed by 24 hours because of pollution ...