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Despite the improvement on the water quality levels in the last hours, the readings at some points of the swim course are above acceptable levels,
read a statement on X from World Triathlon, the international governing body for the sport at the Olympics High bacteria means there’s too much poop in the water, and poop carries germs that make people sick,
Daniel Nidzgorski, an ecologist who monitors water quality in the U.S., told NBC News last month, after a report showed the Seine remained too polluted for athletes to compete Then it would be a biathlon,
he said, although that is not officially an Olympic sport Given the weather forecast for the next 36 hours, Paris 2024 and World Triathlon are confident that water quality will return to below limits before the start of the triathlon competitions on 30 July,
organisers added in the official statement Paris 2024 and World Triathlon reiterate that the priority is the health of the athletes,
said a joint statement from the Olympics organisers and triathlon governing body We are confident we will be able to hold the competition tomorrow,
Etienne Thobois, the chief executive of the Paris 2024 organizing committee, said at a news conference on Monday We have had some rainfall but everything that has been put in place has worked,
Pierre Rabadan, the city's deputy mayor for sports, told a press conference on Sunday It prevents overflows from occurring so I think we will reach a satisfying quality of the water very soon, but it will depend on the weather forecast as well,
The tests carried out in the Seine revealed water quality levels that in the view of the international federation, World Triathlon, did not provide sufficient guarantees to allow the event to be held.
A statement from Paris 2024 and World Triathlon read As observed in July, with summer conditions, water quality in the Seine has improved significantly.
In light of the cancellation, the Paris 2024 organising committee stressed Following a meeting on water quality held this morning attended by Paris 2024, representatives of World Triathlon and their technical and medical delegates, Météo France, Drieat, the City of Paris and the Prefecture of the Île-de-France Region involved in carrying out water quality tests, a joint decision was taken to cancel the swim leg of the triathlon familiarisation which was due to be held on 28 July at 8am,