Tag: Seine
The Seine River is not clean after all – Training swim canceled | News in brief
The first training swim for triathletes was canceled on Sunday due to the pollution of the Seine river. The first practice of the triathletes competing in the Paris Olympics was…
“It’s a great source of pride to have revived the Seine” – L’Express
A relieved smile, the courtesy of a senior official. Marc Guillaume, the prefect of the Ile-de-France region, welcomes us in his city suit a few days before the start of…
The Seine launches into the water
For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, the opening ceremony will not be held in a stadium but in the open air. For several years, the…
The security perimeter for the opening ceremony is deployed around the Seine
Just over a week before the Olympics kick off with the opening ceremony on the Seine. For the occasion, a vast security perimeter was set up this Thursday. Officially called…
Anne Hidalgo’s swim in the Seine: “It’s crucial in the Olympic Games plan”
The most anticipated dive of the year. After a postponement due to bad weather and the legislative elections, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo kept her promise by swimming in the Seine…
The Seine once again “swimmable” after 100 years of ban, a future legacy of the Olympic Games
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, the head of Paris 2024, Tony Estanguet, and the prefect of Île-de-France, Marc Guillaume, took a dip in the Seine on Wednesday, July 17.…
2024 Olympics: “Two pimples on the ass and everything will be fine”, Philippe Lucas lets loose on the quality of the Seine
Always straightforward, Philippe Lucas reassured all those concerned about the quality of the water in the Seine. After the dive of Amélie Oudea-Castera and the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo…
Van Rouwendaal takes antibiotics for the Games due to Seine concerns
Open water swimmer Sharon van Rouwendaal from Soest is taking antibiotics as a precaution for her Olympic race on 8 August due to doubts about the water quality of the…
Swimming in the Seine: Should Anne Hidalgo and swimmers be vaccinated against leptospirosis?
News Published on 07/16/2024 at 2:33 p.m. Updated 07/16/2024 at 2:33 p.m. Reading 2 min. in collaboration with Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo) After Amélie Oudéa-Castera, it is…
The mayor of Paris took a dip in the Seine | Sports in a nutshell
Seine River pollution has caused concern during the Olympics. Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo kept his word and took a dip in the Seine River on Wednesday. Seine’s pollution has…