DECRYPTION – Twenty-seven days before the men’s triathlon, the organizers continue – in the absence of a plan B – to anxiously scan the sky.
« So pretty, it bewitches me, the Seine, the Seine, the Seine. » Not sure that at the moment, the Organizing Committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games (Cojo) is listening on repeat to the words written by Matthieu Chedid for the animated film A monster in Parisreleased in 2011. Because, far from bewitching them, the river would rather tend to torment them. By betting on the Seine to compete in the swimming courses launching the triathlon events on July 30, 31 and August 5 – without forgetting the marathon swim on August 8 and 9 – the organizers had embarked on a formidable and perilous challenge. Which they now fear losing. Without having thought of an emergency exit.
« There is no plan B »confided Tony Estanguet, the boss of Paris 2024, at the beginning of April. An assertion that is still valid at the beginning of July, while the abundant rainfall in the months of May and June in the capital has hardly helped the prospects of swimming in…
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