Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the Seine River to show the river is clean enough to host open-swimming competitions during the 2024 Olympics.
After months of anticipation, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the Seine River today, fulfilling a promise she made months ago to show the river is clean enough to host open-swimming competitions during the 2024 Olympics — and the opening ceremony on the river nine days away.
Daily water quality tests in early June indicated unsafe levels of E. coli bacteria, followed by recent improvements. Despite being a recurring promise among politicians, swimming in the Seine has been banned for over a century.
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