Billions of dollars have been spent to clean up the River Seine in time for this month's 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. With the opening ceremonies now upon us, all eyes are on the city to see if ...

The swimming leg of the Olympic triathlon is in danger of being scrapped after pollution in the River Seine canceled swimming training for triathletes. For a second successive day, training has ...

Olympics is ‘stupid’ for pushing athletes into poop-filled River Seine – world champs will fall ill, workers fume. The hours are ticking down before the Opening Ceremony, and Paris continues ...

A planned training session for Olympic Triathletes has been cancelled because of poor water quality in the river Seine, raising fears for the swimming portion of the event which takes place next week.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the long-polluted Seine River on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river was clean enough to host open Olympic swimming competitions. $1.5 billion has ...

(AP) — Swimming has been off-limits in the long-polluted Seine River in Paris for more than a century. So with Olympic swimming events on tap for the river, the city poured in $1.5 billion (1.4 ...

World Aquatics on Tuesday canceled a practice session in the River Seine due to water quality concerns, casting further doubt on the marathon swim of the Paris Olympics being able to be held there ...

The Seine River remains a contaminated soup of E. coli and other potentially dangerous bacteria — despite Paris’ billion-dollar clean-up efforts ahead of next month’s Olympic game… ...

PARIS (AP) — 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.

Along the Seine, iconic monuments became stages for dancers, singers and other artists. Sofia Cohen, 20, watching with her father, called the ceremony "electric." ...

PARIS, France — A 76-year-old American swimmer took a dip in the Seine River on Thursday, braving the murky waters in central Paris to celebrate the Fourth of July and highlight the French ...

PARIS, France — The organizing committee for the Paris Olympics has unveiled backup plans for open-water events if the Seine River is deemed unsuitable for swimming. Triathlon and marathon ...