As Paris Fights Storms Pre-Olympic Events in Jeopardy Ahead?of?Summer?Games

Next year?s Olympic Games will be hosted by the city of Paris. The beautiful city of lights is a dream destination to many, and it’s known for its European culture, classic fashion, and traditional French food. The first Olympics in Paris were held in 1900, and then in 1924, now the Olympics 2024 will be returning to the city after a century.?

The preparation for the event began when the decision was announced in 2017 by the International Olympics Committee. However, a slight problem arrived when a swimming event scheduled for today in the Seine River, was forbidden due to heavy rain.?

The swimming event was barred due to diminished water quality

The Open Water Swimming World Cup was scheduled on Friday, 4th July but the participants were barred to enter the water. According to the French Swimming Federation, after raining heavily in Paris, the Seine River?s quality drastically dropped and it went below the mandatory health standards. Despite this weather change, the 10 kilometers swimming race for the women’s category stays scheduled to be held on Saturday. This event is a qualifying marathon for the 2024 Olympics in the swimming event.?

However, if the event does not occur on Saturday then both men?s and women?s swimming events will be held on Sunday. The spokesperson of the French Swimming Federation said, ?The water quality tests are done regularly, and they are progressively improving.? According to the Aol. Magazine, the International Federation of World Aquatics did not comment when it was asked about what would happen if the quality does not improve. The officials are putting their potential efforts to improve the quality but certainly, it will take time.?

The clean-up efforts in the Seine River

More than 100 years ago in 1900, the city started its clean-up efforts to make the Seine River swimmable. Now, again in 2023, the officials have started to improve the river quality for next year?s Olympics. According to the reports, the area is under construction of an 88-billion dollar underground overflow basin project that will help in the prevention of such overflows. Most likely, this project will be completed by the 2024 Paris Olympics.?

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Last year this swimming competition was held in Parc de La Villette, and this year the first three qualifying races were conducted in, Egypt?s Red Sea?s Soma Bay, Sardinia?s Golfo Arancini in Italy, and then in the Sein River.

In 1900, the sewages and drains overflowed and all the fecal matter bacteria? E.coli and Enterococcus were discharged into the river. Consequently, the area was banned from swimming since 1923 until French President Jacques Chirac promised to improve the quality. Hopefully, the river?s conditions gets better soon before the Olympics, so the world can see the champions competing once again.

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