The current of the Seine River wasn’t the only “challenge” American swimmer Katie Grimes encountered at the Olympics.
, Grimes — who won silver in the women’s 400-meter medley in the pool and also competed outdoors — spoke about swimming in the Seine,“The river was definitely a challenge, I’ve never had to swim with a current like that before, but it was such a historic race, something I’ll never forget, and, yeah, I hope I don’t have to ever go in the river again,” said Grimes, who participated in the women’s 10km and placed 15th.
Leading up to the Paris Olympics, French officials spent $1.5 billion on a project to clean up the heavily polluted river.of the men’s triathlon and later stated, “I vomited 10 times after the race … it got hot in the last laps.
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