PARIS — Pollution in the Seine river forced Olympic organizers on Tuesday to postpone the men's triathlon event, threatening to derail a centerpiece of the Paris Games where a massive ...

For a simple view of all 330m of the Eiffel Tower pack a blanket and a fresh baguette and head for a picnic on the Champs ... a glide down the Seine River rivals any open-top bus for views of ...

PARIS — With the Paris Olympics less than two weeks away, a question hangs over the Games: Will the Seine River be clean enough for athletes to swim in? Triathlon and marathon swimming are ...

Paris — The first Olympic swimming event in the Seine river has been postponed as tests of the river water continue. The swimming leg of the men's triathlon was originally scheduled to happen ...

PARIS — The Seine River has been one of the stars of the Olympics — whether as the scene of the ambitious opening ceremony or as the Games' choice for the triathlon and marathon swimming ...

PARIS — At the Paris Olympics, whether the water quality in the Seine River is safe enough to host some swimming events has been a major question. Bacteria levels in the river fluctuate ...

For a brief moment, he felt a sense of worry. The city had spent €1.5 billion ($1.4 billion) on a project to clean the River Seine. Lately, he had been in charge of ensuring a river-based ...

The world is officially a month from the start of the 2024 Summer Olympics — and new tests just revealed that one of the Games' focal points for events, the Seine River in Paris, isn't ready.

When Olympic triathletes plunged into the Seine river close to the Alexandre III bridge in Paris on July 31, they were making history—and not just by going for gold. The event, which also saw ...

So, Paris Olympic organizers decided to invest $1.5 billion in cleaning up the river—and its image. They promised to make the Seine safe enough for Olympic triathletes and open-water swimmers to ...

France’s iron lattice is hard to miss on arrival in its capital city. For a simple view of all 330m of the Eiffel Tower pack a blanket and a fresh baguette and head for a picnic on the Champs de Mars.

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