The president of France, Emmanuel Macron promised this Thursday to bathe in the Seinea possibility that will be offered to the residents of Paris and its region in the summer of 2025 and that will be “an important legacy” of the Olympic Games.
“Of course! I’m going“Macron told reporters.”But I won’t give you a date, you might be there“he joked at the inauguration of the Olympic Village for the Paris Games.
The Olympic Games will mark the reunification of swimming in the river that flows through the capital: The triathlon and open water swimming events start from the Alexandre-III bridge, which connects the Grand Palais to the Invalides.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo declared in early January that she would swim in the Seine in July, ahead of the Olympics and a year before the opening of three swimming areas on the river in Paris.
“For the inhabitants of Île-de-France, we will have a river and the Marne (its main tributary, editor’s note) that will also change in appearance and use,” said the Head of State, referring to “valuable legacy” that the Olympic Games leaves behind in terms of development.
“For Seine and Marne there was an extraordinary investment,” he said.
Since 2016, the State and local authorities of the Paris region has invested around 1.4 billion euros to make the rivers Seine and Marne suitable for bathing.
Source: La Verdad
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