Paris mayor swims in Seine to prove water clean enough for Olympics | BBC News

Paris's mayor Anne Hidalgo has swam in the River Seine in a bid to show the water is clean enough for Olympic events.

Three Olympic and Paralympic events are set to be held in the Seine, including the triathlon, marathon swimming and Para-triathlon - though concerns were raised previously about the safety of the water.

Swimming in the Seine has been banned for a century because of the filthy water, caused by upstream industrial sewage and sanitation demands.

City swimming is set to be one of the major legacies of this summer's Olympic Games in France, with three open-air swimming areas set to be accessible from the quayside by 2025.



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[fishfinder_luis]

Water is fine...👁️
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[MsDebSteeves]

It doesn't prove it's safe.... it proves her lack of judgement....

[DavidAllen-gxtn]

Sounds sketchy. Like the mayor of Flint Michigan drinking tap water. Lets see if she develops any cold symptoms after the swim.

[Venom-nd]

Breaking Paris mayor taken ill after swimming in river

[fiel]

Where is Macron? Didn't he promise to swim in it too?

[AprilShowers]

She was careful not to put her mouth in it. A city river, no matter the city, is not appropriate for an Olympic swim.

[capoislamort]

Not smart at all, that river been contaminated since the days of the Romans.

[landyrandall]

Noooo, there are sharks in there, didn’t she watch the documentary’Under Paris’?

[ignaciourena]

It still looks dirty. The mayor Anne must order an independent WATER ANALYSIS. Swimming in the Seine ONLY probe that she is a brave girl.

[Aveable]

Symptoms don't show up for a while. Just because they just "jumped in" and swam for a minute doesn't mean anything.

[oyunboldboldbaatar]

People who expected the river to look like a pool are dumb. This is a river, not a swimming pool, it’s gonna be brown with all the dirt it picks up.

[MrQwertypoiuyty]

Paris Mayor: "It's nice to swim in your own poop water. It's deemed very healthy for you."

[imscanon]

Soo did the whole poo in the Seine thing not happen? I still think it's rude to expect our Olympians to swim in it. They should get a proper, temperature controlled pool not a freaking river with moving water. How will that affect times? If someone gets a good current and another doesn't, how is that fair?

[rstTry]

A politician expertly swims in shitty filth and comes out unscathed….

[rsotoz]

How did they clean it? At no point they explained how. Unless is another report?!

[travellerzero]

Don't forget to check for an update on her health the next following days and weeks.

[frankm]

She probably use 10 gallons of disinfectant to clean herself.

[GarnetNewfree]

Bit like that 1980s wally who fed his kids beef burgers on TV, hey no mad cow, and now no cancerous toxins, no hormones or pesticides, then quickly rushed for a shower and medical checks

[jacqueslapidieux]

Hands up all those who would take a swim in the Seine after watching this....

[omicronflux]

Yes, but what about the smell? If you really trust it, let your kids in.