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Episode: Water quality concerns halt Paris Olympics swimming test in the Seine
Description: Another Paris Olympics test run in the Seine River was canceled because of concerns about water quality, in a fresh blow to Games organizers and the city’s ambitions to reopen the iconic river to public swimming.
Triathlon swimmers took to the Seine in competition on August 17 and 18, but results of water quality tests showed “significant discrepancies” in the hours leading up to August 19’s scheduled para triathlon events, organizers said in a statement. The competition was transformed into a duathlon of just running and biking.
Water safety officials are trying to determine why two testing systems used for the river pr...