Contamination levels were found to be beyond limits judged safe for athletes, who are set to swim in the river in less than two months.
Water in the Seine River had unsafe elevated levels of E. coli less than two months before swimming competitions are scheduled to take place in it during the Paris Olympics, according to test results published yesterday.
The first Olympic event in the cleaned-up Seine is men's triathlon, including a 1.5-kilometre swim, on the morning of July 30.Marathon swimming races over 10 kilometres for women and men are scheduled on August 8 and 9, respectively, in waters that were historically polluted before a $1.5 billion investment ahead of the Olympics.
The safety of the Seine water for the Olympics has been in doubt since some test events scheduled last August were cancelled, also after unseasonal heavy rains.Athletes swim in the Seine River on the first leg of the women's triathlon test event for the Olympics Games in Paris. The tests indicated an improvement, from high contamination levels on June 1 to more acceptable levels by June 9, mainly due to improved weather.
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