The competition was transformed into a duathlon of just running and cycling.
Water safety officials are trying to determine why two testing systems used for the river produced different results.One indicated too-high levels of bacteria overnight, said Pierre-Antoine Molina, who oversees public policy for the Paris regional administration. Rainfall in recent days may have been a factor.
Olympics organisers remain undeterred in their mission to hold open-air swimming events along the picturesque river, viewing this month’s cancellations as a learning experience. The head of the Paris 2024 organising committee, Tony Estanguet, said a contingency plan will be in place next year to allow swimming events to be postponed for a few days if water quality is not up to standard.“We will remain in this extraordinary location, no matter what happens,” said Mr Estanguet, a three-time Olympic gold medallist in canoe slalom. ‘’We want to preserve this ambition.”
Paris has promised more transparency about its clean-up efforts than Rio de Janeiro, where concerns about sewage-contaminated water dogged the 2016 Olympics.
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