PARIS (AP) — Olympic triathletes dove into the Seine River on Wednesday after ... their gamble of holding Olympic events in the long-toxic river was paying off. “It’s magic,” said chief ...

France had spent $1.5 billion to clean the river in preparation for this summer's Olympics. The Seine was declared biologically dead in the 1960s, meaning the toxic environments cannot sustain life.

A tourist boat makes its way along the Seine River by the Alexandre III bridge, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. A tourist boat makes its way along the Seine ...

Fulfilling a key legacy promise from the Games, the Paris authorities are to allow the public to swim in the Seine from 5 July at three points in the river, which is now deemed safe for a dip.

PARIS — At the Paris Olympics, whether the water quality in the Seine River is safe enough to host some swimming events has been a major question. Bacteria levels in the river fluctuate ...

These dams blocked salmon from reaching their spawning grounds and stopped nutrients reaching downstream, and toxic blue-green ... detox of Paris’s iconic River Seine. Urban rivers are amongst ...

Ade Adepitan at the River Seine in Paris. For decades, raw sewage flowed into the river, killing off aquatic wildlife. But a $1.5 billion mega-engineering project — key to Paris winning its 2024 ...

PARIS (AP) — Olympic triathletes dove into the Seine River on Wednesday after ... their gamble of holding Olympic events in the long-toxic river was paying off. “It’s magic,” said chief ...

Testing in the river will continue with other events expected to include swims in the Seine in the coming days. The triathlon mixed relay event is set for Monday and the marathon swimming races ...