The first training sessions on the Seine were canceled due to poor water quality

The training which is scheduled this Sunday on the Seine River in Paris for the competitions scheduled there at the Olympic Games canceled due to poor water quality.

He Olympic Games Organization Committee (OCOG) Beside International Triathlon Federation and the local authority they decided suspend them after the rain on Friday and Saturday because “water levels do not show sufficient guarantees.”

In his statement, They did not specify the rate of E. Coli and enterococci measuredWhat are they? the bacteria monitored when controlling river water qualitywhich is one of the major challenges still facing the Paris Games competitions.

Oh The river triathlon swimming test is scheduled to be held on July 30 for men, on July 31 for women and on August 5 for the mixed relay.

The women’s and men’s open water marathons on August 31 and 5 should also be held on the Seine.

All this as part of the Paris 2024 strategy so that the most popular places in the capital are the stars of the Games.

The problem is that there is no absolute guarantee that these competitions can be held in the river despite the fact that the French administration has invested 1.4 billion euros since 2016 in an ambitious plan to improve the quality of the water and make it possible from in the summer of 2025 bathing. on the part of the river that flows through Paris, something that has not been possible for a century.

On July 17, the mayor of Paris took a shower in front of cameras and dozens of journalists along with the head of the Paris 2024 Games Organizing Committee, Tony Estanguet, and the prefect (government delegate) on the Ile de France, to show that is possible.

However, on Friday it was found that on that day the water did not meet the health conditions, according to the criteria established by the health authorities last year.