Paris Olympics: Mayor vows River Seine water quality ‘will be good’


by Global News

Global News— Paris mayor said she was confident water quality in the River Seine will be up to Olympic standards this summer — and that she’ll be able to prove it by swimming there.

Japan Today—Paris mayor is confident that water quality will allow Olympic swimming in the River Seine. Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said she was confident water quality in the River Seine will be up to Olympic standards this summer — and that she’ll be able to prove it by swimming there, possibly alongside President Emmanuel Macron. The Seine is the venue for marathon swimming at the Games

NBC4 Washington—Paris inaugurates giant water storage basin to clean up the River Seine for Olympic swimming. French officials inaugurated on Thursday a huge storage basin meant to keep cleaner the River Seine, which is to be the venue for marathon swimming at the Paris Games and the swimming leg of the Olympic and Paralympic triathlons.

KTVZ—NBC 2024 Paris Olympics preview: Noah Lyles gets a tour down the Seine. Noah Lyles is a star all his own, but he knows that if he achieves his goal of winning the 100 and 200-meters at the Paris Olympics, the City of Light will have him shining as bright as anyone in the sporting world. NBC Olympics host Maria Taylor took him on a tour of Paris