Paris Olympics: Seine river still to meet safety standards

Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨BrikoX@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨globalnews@lemmy.zip⁩

https://www.dw.com/en/paris-olympics-seine-river-still-to-meet-safety-standards/a-69509762

The water quality of the Seine river is still not good enough to serve as the venue for swimming competitions at the Olympics, a report said. The opening ceremony is also set to take place on the river.

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Tronn4@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Use fucken pools

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- grue@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The regular swimming events will be done in a pool. The issues are:
  
  the open-water marathon (10 km) swimming event, which can’t be done in a pool by definition of “open-water,” and
  
  the triathlon, which would require a pool big enough to handle a mass start of 55 competitors all at once, with space next to it for the swim-bike transition zone.
  
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