Saturday’s swimming events as part of the 2024 Olympics para-triathlon test event in Paris have been canceled due to ‘significant discrepancies’ in the Seine’s ‘water quality’ test results , organizers announced on Saturday.
“A new meeting will be held tomorrow morning (Sunday) to determine, depending on the new data available on the quality of the water, if the swimming events in the Seine of the mixed relay event can be held”, indicate jointly the Paris 2024 Games Organizing Committee, World Triathlon, the city of Paris and the various state services.
As a result, the para-triathlon events were changed to a duathlon format on Saturday, namely only cycling and running. A press briefing is scheduled at the start and finish site of the competition, the Alexandre III bridge, in Paris, at 11 a.m. As a reminder, the open water swimming test event in the Seine had to be canceled two weeks ago due to a level of Escherichia Coli (E. coli) bacteria exceeding the maximum threshold provided by World Aquatics, namely 1000 CFU per 100ml.
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