The Paris 2024 chief, Tony Estanguet, fears adverse weather could impact event, with the prospect of rising E Coli levels one of the ‘biggest challenges’
The president of the Paris 2024 Olympics has admitted that the triathlon competition could be delayed, or the swimming leg even cancelled, if adverse weather conditions impact on water quality in the River Seine this summer.
However, Ville de Paris and the Olympic organisers insist that the samples highlighted in this study were taken before the commissioning of major works aimed specifically at improving the quality of the water in the Seine, such as the Austerlitz basin, or the completion of the connection of 100% of barges to the sewerage system which they say will be completed within a few weeks.Alex Yee having won the women’s and men’s test event in Paris in 2023.
“And we are still confident that the triathlon will be based in the Seine because we have contingency plans. We can postpone for rainy conditions. Because it’s programmed at the beginning of the Games we can wait for better conditions. So we are confident that it will be possible to use the Seine.”
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