Olympic Games Triathlon: River Seine water quality test results REVEALED after races went ahead at Paris 2024

August 1, 2024

Recent heavy rains in the French capital gave organisers a massive headache with levels continuing to prove unsafe for swimming, and early on Tuesday things came properly to head when the men’s individual race was postponed to Wednesday.

There were genuine fears that the individual races may have to be downgraded to duathlons with only Wednesday and then Friday August 2 as alternative dates.

Mercifully the news came through at 0400 local time on Wednesday that levels had improved enough to allow the swims, and got two spectacular races – won by France’s Cassandre Beaugrand and Britain’s Alex Yee.

Some 24 hours later, organisers released water quality test results from the day of the races, which World Triathlon say are “very good.” TRI247