Claire Michel, a member of the relay team, is unfortunately ill and must withdraw from the competition,
We’re thinking what everyone is thinking: that it’s probably the river. But we don’t know. It could be the river, it could be the chicken,
The BOIC and Belgian Triathlon hope that lessons will be learned for future triathlon competitions,
We took the decision to cancel the swim familiarisation for the mixed triathlon,
The team has submitted their team declaration, chose their position on the pontoon this morning and checked-in their bikes also this morning. We have not received any other communication form them,
It follows the rain that occurred in the last days,
We are expecting an improvement on the conditions in the next hours, but not to a level to which the swim familiarization planned for tomorrow can take place,
Given the heavy rain over recent days, which have been particularly intense upstream of the Paris basin, and the expected drop in water quality as a result, it has been decided, by anticipation, to cancel the familiarisation swim on Saturday, 03 August,
While swimming under the bridge, I felt and saw things that we shouldn’t think about too much,
The Seine has been dirty for a hundred years, so they can’t say that the safety of the athletes is a priority. That’s bulls**t!”
Despite the improvement on the water quality levels in the last hours, the readings at some points of the swim course are still above the acceptable limits,
We’ll know tomorrow if I’m sick or not, ... It doesn’t taste like Coca-Cola or Sprite, of course.”