— Published July 28, 2024

The Seine is no longer swimmable

Paris 2024

The Paris XNUMX COJO announced it on Sunday July XNUMX in the early hours of the morning: the water quality deteriorated at the end of the week due to heavy rain in the French capital on Friday and Saturday. Consequence: cancellation of the triathlon familiarization swimming which was planned in the morning, Sunday. The decision was taken during a meeting on the water quality, where were present Paris XNUMX, World Triathlon, Meteo France, the City of Paris and the Prefecture of the region Ile-de-France. The running and cycling were able to take place as planned. But don't worry about the competition. But no worries for the competition. "Given the weather forecasts for the next XNUMX hours, Paris XNUMX and World Triathlon are confident that water quality will return to below limits before the start of the triathlon competitions on XNUMX July," the organisers said in a statement.