Paris Olympics organisers have cancelled today’s swimming training session for the triathlon mixed relay event after recent heavy rain affected water quality levels in the Seine River.
The decision was made late yesterday after tests showed water quality did not meet the required threshold following rain on July 31 and August 1.“We are expecting an improvement in the conditions in the next hours, but not to a level to which the swim familiarization planned for tomorrow can take place,” organisers said in a statement.
“In view of these conditions, we have decided to cancel the swim familiarisation tonight to avoid late communication to athletes.” Pollution in the Seine after heavy rains had caused the men’s race to be postponed for a day after swimming practice sessions were cancelled two days in a row. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.