Will the Paris Olympic triathlon swimming events take place in the Seine? Less than a month before the opening ceremony, the suspense remains. The solution of relocating the triathlon to Nice would be on the table according to Nice-Matin.
It must be said that the quality of the water – despite 1.4 billion euros invested in a “bathing plan” to clean up the river – is not optimal.
The regional prefecture and town hall have published the results of water quality analyzes for the first half of June. And the standards for authorizing swimming, based on concentration thresholds of two fecal bacteria, are not met, except on June 9, AFP recently mentioned.
The tests scheduled from July 30
Data which recalls the setbacks of last summer, when the test-event of open water swimming had not been able to take place already due to health reasons. Only the men’s triathlon event was able to take place on August 18.
For the moment, Nice is not a plan B for Cojo, explains the Nice daily newspaper. The latter always prefers the possibility of postponing the tests by several days.
Nevertheless, the capital of the Côte d’Azur would have a nice face as a fallback solution thanks to its infrastructure, its hotel capacity and its triathlon tradition which dates back several decades, notably through the Ironman.
Business to follow for Léo Bergère, Dorian Coninx, Emma Lombardi and others who will jump into the deep end from July 30…if all goes well
