The organization of the Olympic Games. of Paris’2024 has been canceled for the second consecutive day, just 24 hours before the men’s event scheduled for Tuesday at 8:00 am, the official practice of the swimming heat in the Seine River, after affecting the level of the pollution of its waters. the heavy rain on the day of the opening ceremony, last Friday.
Despite everything, both World Triathlon, the international organization that governs this sport, and the Paris Organizing Committee itself are confident that pollution will improve sufficiently in the coming hours, helped by a favorable weather forecast that will not rain is predicted for the coming days, so that the test can be conducted normally.
The 55 participants in the men’s triathlon, and also the women who will participate in the women’s event the next day, will have to wait until the last moment to find out if the triathlon will be as it is or if the swimming heat will be removed and it will be reduced to a duathlon (cycling and running).
The Seine, the common thread of the opening ceremony, has become a serious problem for Paris’2024. France has invested €1.4 billion in cleaning its waters and the capital has announced plans for three areas of the river to open to the public as baths by June next year; In fact, the cleanliness of the water is the great legacy that the organization wants to leave to the people of Paris.
Source: La Verdad
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