(17 Jul 2024)
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Paris, France – 17 July 2024
1. Various of Paris 2024 chief Tony Estanguet and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo dipping and swimming in the Seine River
2. SOUNDBITE (French) Anne Hidalgo, Paris Mayor:
“(The water) is very pleasant. It doesn’t have any taste of mud at all. It’s quite clear despite everything, even if we’ve had some bad weather so far. It’s fresh, but not cold at all. It was very pleasant. It really was. It was magnificent. We didn’t want to go out anymore.”
3. Various of Hidalgo and Estanguet swimming
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Anne Hidalgo, Paris Mayor:
“It’s amazing, you know, it was a dream for us. We worked a lot and very hard for that. It is, not just to be here today and swim together, it’s, very lucky and happy day. It’s also for the planet, you know, and for the river and for the ocean. We did it. We did it."
5. Various of Hidalgo and Estanguet swimming
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Estanguet, Paris 2024 chief:
“Today it’s a very important milestone because it’s the confirmation that we are ready for the games. It’s a great symbol the day before the first athletes arrive in Paris. That the Seine now, the Seine quality is perfect."
7. Various of Seine River with Hidalgo and Estanguet swimming
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Estanguet, Paris 2024 chief:
"Now let’s give the place to the athletes. It will be a fantastic legacy because we are also in this mindset, it’s so meaningful to use the games to transform the city of Paris, to leave a very important legacy for the people to have the opportunity to swim. So we are very happy with this result. It was the ambition from the start, and today is the conformation that we are exactly where we wanted to be. So congratulations to the authorities, they made a fantastic job. As the organizing committee, we now are ready to organize the games in the Seine."
9. Various of swim
10. Various of people watching from bank
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Melanie, last name not given, Paris resident:
“I don’t like the color of the water (Reporter asking: You are not reassured by the mayor swimming?) Not really. I hope she won’t get spots tomorrow or the day after, just in time for the opening ceremony."
13. Cutaway Seine river with dinghy
14. SOUNDBITE (French) Carole Amar, Paris resident:
"There are seaweed so that means life is coming back. So that’s proof the water quality is good. Everyone is afraid of the seaweed but really that’s a very encouraging sign."
15. People swimming
16. SOUNDBITE (French) Francois-Charles Fabreuille, Paris resident:
"I really don’t think (swimming) is necessary when you know there are at least five swimming pools in every district of Paris. So do we really need to swim in the Seine? I really don’t think it’s needed but it’s a nice marketing campaign."
17. Various of Seine and bridges
STORYLINE:
After months of anticipation, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the long-polluted Seine River on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river is clean enough to host open-swimming competitions during the 2024 Olympics — and the opening ceremony on the river nine days away.
Clad in a wetsuit and goggles, Hidalgo plunged into the river near the imposing-looking City Hall, her office, and the Notre Dame Cathedral.
Paris 2024 chief Tony Estanguet and the top government official for the Paris region, Marc Guillaume, joined her, along with swimmers from local swimming clubs.
Daily water quality tests in early June indicated unsafe levels of E. coli bacteria, followed by recent improvements.
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