The organization announced on Saturday evening the cancellation of the first training session for the Olympic triathlon, which was scheduled for Sunday morning, due to the pollution of the Seine River, after the rains that fell over the past two days.
The Olympic Organising Committee, the International Triathlon Union and local authorities said in a statement that they had taken a “joint decision to cancel the swimming portion” scheduled for next Sunday, because “the water level does not provide sufficient guarantees”.
Tests conducted yesterday [sábado] In the Seine, water quality levels were revealed which, in the opinion of the International Union, World TriathlonThis year’s Paris Olympics organization said: “There were not sufficient guarantees to allow the event to take place,” explaining that “this is due to the rain that fell in Paris on July 26 and 27.”
Organisers said that with sunshine and high temperatures forecast over the next 48 hours, they were “confident” that water quality would improve again before the triathlon events start on Tuesday with the men’s race. The French capital is working to clean up the Seine River so people can swim in it again, as happened during the 1900 Paris Olympics.
a World Triathlon He meets with the Paris city authorities every morning at 4 a.m., before training or triathlons, to review the latest water test results and determine whether the Seine is clean enough for athletes to swim. Familiarization sessions with the running and cycling routes continued as planned on Sunday.
