An open water swimming test which was to take place on Monday 10 will not take place due to the high flow of the Seine, the prefecture of the Île-de-France region indicated on Friday. This test, which was to allow French swimmers to familiarize themselves with the river before the Olympic event, was canceled due to excessive flow. It is currently 349 cubic meters per second, while it is expected to be 100 cubic meters to be able to crawl there this summer. It would be ” dangerous » for swimmers, explains the prefecture. The very rainy spring is complicating the preparation of the Olympics for the Seine, scene of both the opening ceremony and the triathlon and open water swimming events. A rehearsal for the opening ceremony, which was to be held at the end of May, was also postponed due to the flow of the river and should be held on June 17. Last summer, the open water swimming test turned into a fiasco because the Seine was polluted due to heavy rains.
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