The Latest Breaking News from Seine

A test run to allow Olympic athletes to familiarize themselves with the marathon swimming course in the Seine River will go ahead Wednesday

Paris Olympics organisers said Tuesday that training for open water swimming in the River Seine had been cancelled due to pollution, raising questions over why triathletes were allowed to use the waterway the day before.

Germany won the Olympic triathlon mixed relay on Monday. Britain took silver and the United States the bronze.

Claire Michel was forced to withdraw from the mixed relay after competing in the women’s race

Germany won gold in the mixed triathlon relay on Monday at the Paris Olympics, with the event disrupted by illnesses that saw at least three teams report sick team members who swam in the River Seine last week.

Olympic triathletes take on Seine River's water quality challenges in the mixed relay event amidst Paris's infrastructure upgrades.

Olympic triathletes plunged into the Seine River as the mixed relay event got underway after days of uncertainty over water quality in the long-polluted Paris waterway

The Olympic mixed relay triathlon will go ahead as planned in the Seine Monday morning, despite previous concerns over the river's water quality.

I guess that’s what happens when you have to swim in poopy.