PARIS — After months of speculation about whether the Seine River would be clean enough for Olympic athletes to compete in it, officials deemed the water safe for swimming after a last-minute test.

After delays and months of uncertainty, triathletes finally took the plunge into the Seine River in Paris. Ezra Shaw / Getty Images Will they or won’t they? After months of uncertainty, Olympic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. The women's and men's triathlon took place on 31 July in the river ...

PARIS — After competing in the Seine river for the women’s open water 10K at the Paris Olympics, American swimmer Katie Grimes hopes she never has to race in a river again. Unlike a lake or ocean ...

Paris isn’t Paris without the River Seine. The 780-kilometer-long river, which runs through the city of light and curves around the mighty Eiffel Tower, not only hosts tourists taking in the sights of ...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the long-polluted Seine River on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river was clean enough to host open Olympic swimming competitions. $1.5 billion has been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Seine rises in the Côte d’Or before meandering through Paris and into the English Channel near Le Havre. It’s one of my ...

The buzz is palpable from Paris ahead of the 2024 Olympics — although the stench from one concern continues. Amid the scenery of the iconic city, the staple Seine River has raised alarm based on its ...

Being a veteran world-class swimmer — and cyclist, and runner — Taylor Spivey has dealt with worse than Paris’ River Seine. “I’ve definitely swam in far more stagnant, questionable bodies of water ...

Paris — The first Olympic swimming event in the Seine river has been postponed as tests of the river water continue. The swimming leg of the men's triathlon was originally scheduled to happen Tuesday ...