PARIS — With the Paris Olympics less than two weeks away, a question hangs over the Games: Will the Seine River be clean enough for athletes to swim in? Triathlon and marathon swimming are ...

Reasons to be Cheerful reports on river Seine, the storied French waterway that was once nearly biologically dead but is not ...

Leading into the Paris Olympics, the safety of the Seine River was something Olympic officials had to monitor. On Tuesday, ...

"The quality of the Seine is good." 'The health of the athletes must come first' Only time will tell if the confidence of French leaders will convince Olympic athletes that the river is safe.

Furious Frenchmen are threatening to turn the Seine into a sewer this Sunday in a bizarre protest against the eye-watering costs of Olympic preparations. The movement, cheekily dubbed # ...

PARIS--A hot-air balloon brought an Olympic ring of fire into a rainy ... rule-breaking opening ceremony that unfurled along the Seine River. On-and-off showers did not seem to hamper the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. High levels of E. coli in the Seine River postponed the 2024 Olympics men's triathlon on July 30 after the French government put $1.5 billion into cleaning it.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took the plunge on July 17 when she jumped into the river Seine in Paris to show the water was clean enough to host Olympic swimming events starting later this month.

The Olympics will transform Paris ... This browser does not support the video element. The River Seine, which flows through the heart of Paris, will be a central location throughout the Games.

The swimming portion of a practice run for the Olympic triathlon was canceled Sunday because of concerns about water quality in the Seine River, but Paris officials said they're confident that ...

The opening ceremony, triathlon and marathon swimming for the Paris Olympics are scheduled to be held on the River Seine. Although many Parisians used to swim in the Seine, the practice has been ...