- Open-water event pulled to ‘safeguard swimmers’ health’
- Organisers insist new infrastructure will be delivered
Heavy rain in Paris has led to the cancellation of a swimming event in the River Seine that was to be a test for next year’s Olympic Games, but organisers insist the waterway will be better prepared in 2024.
The Open Water Swimming World Cup event was aborted because “the water quality in the Seine has remained below acceptable standards for safeguarding swimmers’ health”, the French Swimming Federation (FFN) said in a statement on Sunday.
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