With the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics ... leaders will convince Olympic athletes that the river is safe. Their response thus far has been mixed. "The Seine is not made for swimming ...

Former French President Jacques Chirac, while mayor of Paris ... Olympics. On July 26, athletes on boats will float past hundreds of thousands of spectators lining the Seine. Not long after, the ...

PARIS — The star of Friday night’s opening ceremonies of the 2024 Summer Olympics was the Eiffel Tower, but for spectators at the nearby temporary stadium, nearly all of the show could only be ...

PARIS--A hot-air ... kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century Friday, with a four-hour-long, rule-breaking opening ceremony that unfurled along the Seine River. On-and-off showers did ...

Ludovic Marin/POOL/AFP/Getty French President Emmanuel Macron promised Thursday — then sheepishly played down his promise — to swim in the Seine River ... a new Olympic complex in Paris ...

PARIS — Olympics organizers are banking on the sun and scorching temperatures to improve the water quality of the Seine River enough for triathletes to swim in it. Otherwise, they could be ...

Paris has been transformed ... will host equestrian events. The river Seine, beautified at a cost of about $1.5 billion, will host several Olympic events, including two 10-kilometer swims.