The mayor, wearing a wet suit ... French officials have said they hope to open river-water swimming pools along the Seine for Parisians and visitors, including near the Louvre and Notre Dame ...

The Socialist mayor's swim had been scheduled for last month ... than authorised limits in France's second-longest river. “The Seine is impacted by rainfall and by general weather conditions ...

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Look at the river, for now it’s green.” “Transparent,” says Marie-Jeanne Fournier, then mayor of Source ... who patrol the Seine looks inviting and cool. Can you swim in the Seine?

It's also possible that the river can bring other nasties with it, such as oil, pesticides, and heavy metals. Bloomberg reports that ongoing swimming in a significant waterway like the Seine is ...

In 1923 the authorities banned swimming, though an annual Christmas cross-river competition ... in 2017. Now mayor Anne Hidalgo has unveiled the three spots on the Seine which will also be open ...

Although many Parisians used to swim in the Seine, the practice has ... making serious efforts to ensure the river is clean enough for the games. Paris mayor swims in the Seine to show its safe ...

Paris' deputy mayor, Pierre Rabadan, called for people to wait for “all the facts before rushing to conclusions" regarding a Belgian athlete becoming ill after swimming in the Seine river.

The triathlon event faced controversies, concerns, threats and delays due to elevated bacteria levels in the Seine River, a body of water where swimming had been banned for over a century.