(7 Aug 2024)
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Paris – 6 August 2024
1. Various of Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and her staff walking along the Seine River banks, talking to tourists
2. SOUNDBITE (French) Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris:
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“There’s absolutely no athlete who has been sick because they swam in the Seine River or has withdrawn from the competition because they swam in the Seine River. This is fake news. It’s been proven and the National Olympic Committees have reinstated the truth. So I say it very clearly, let’s stop paying attention to these fake news which are destroying everything, people’s trust, ties between everybody. These fake news continue propagating while they are being denied. The Seine River is de-polluted, and we are very proud and happy about that.”
3. Various of Seine River
STORYLINE:
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo restated her confidence on Tuesday in the safety of the Seine River’s water quality, denouncing fears as "fake news".
She took a highly publicized swim in the Seine last month to allay concerns about the issue ahead of the Olympics.
A test run meant to allow Olympic athletes to familiarize themselves with the marathon swimming course in the Seine River was canceled Tuesday over concerns about water quality in the Paris waterway.
“There’s absolutely no athlete who has been sick because they swam in the Seine River or has withdrawn from the competition because they swam in the Seine River. This is fake news," Hidalgo told journalists on Tuesday.
She reiterated that she’s "really proud" of Paris’ ambitious plan to ensure that some swimming events could be held in the river.
"To all those who want to continue saying it’s impossible to depollute a River, I tell them: ‘yes it’s possible, we did it,’" she added.
Fluctuating bacteria levels in the long-polluted waterway have been a constant concern throughout the Games with the swimming portion of the triathlon and the marathon swimming events both scheduled to happen in the river.
Another marathon swimming test event is scheduled for Wednesday and organizers will decide early that morning whether it will go forward, World Aquatics said.
The women’s marathon swim is set for Thursday, while the men are scheduled to race Friday.
The cancellation of Tuesday’s marathon swimming test event comes a day after the triathlon mixed relay event was held in the river that runs through the center of the French capital.
World Triathlon released data Tuesday showing that when the triathletes swam Monday, the levels of fecal bacteria E. coli and enterococci were within acceptable levels for the length of the triathlon relay course.
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