Open Water Swimming World Cup: Paris 2024 test event cancelled over pollution in Seine

Swimming is acceptable to instrumentality to the Seine astatine Paris 2024 aft a 100-year-old ban

World Aquatics cancelled a trial lawsuit for the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics aft h2o prime successful the River Seine was ruled to beryllium "below acceptable standards."

The Seine is scheduled to big marathon swimming, triathlon and Para-triathlon events astatine the Olympics and Paralympics.

World Aquatics said the wellness of athletes was its "top priority".

"Following caller above-average rainfall successful Paris, the h2o prime successful the Seine has remained beneath acceptable standards for safeguarding swimmers' health," work a statemeold aged nt.

"World Aquatics understands that further infrastructure projects volition beryllium completed to importantly amended h2o prime successful the Seine successful the lead-up to adjacent year's Olympic Games.

"Based connected this weekend, it is wide that further enactment is needed with Paris 2024 and section authorities to guarantee robust contingency plans are successful spot for adjacent year."

Swimming is acceptable to beryllium 1 of the large legacies of the Games acknowledgment to a 1.4bn euro (£1.2bn) regeneration task successful Paris, with 3 open-air swimming areas accessible from the quayside by 2025.

This week UK Health Security Agency North East began an investigation aft reports that astatine slightest 57 radical fell sick pursuing the World Triathlon Championship Series successful Sunderland.