Even while the water quality has improved in the last several hours, organizers warned that measurements at some spots around the swim route were still too high.
The Seine has been polluted for a century, so they can’t claim that the athletes’ safety is their first concern, Vermeylen pointed out. What utter nonsense!
The swimmer also took safety measures before getting in the water. “I couldn’t do more than take pro-biotics and drink my Yakult,” she said. Yes, I did fail at my plan to not drink water.
They couldn’t just call off the race, so it was now or never. The only thing left is to cross their fingers that there aren’t too many ill athletes. In order to get a statement, UNILAD contacted the Paris 2024 organizers.
