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Men’s Olympic triathlon is postponed due to concerns over water quality in Paris’ Seine River (apnews.com)

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The men’s Olympic triathlon planned for Tuesday has been postponed over concerns about water quality in Paris’ Seine River, where the swimming portion of the race was supposed to take place.

Organizers said they will try to hold the men’s triathlon Wednesday instead. The women’s competition is also scheduled on Wednesday, but both are subject to water tests. Friday is also planned as a backup date.

But Meteo-France, the French weather service, was forecasting storms Tuesday night, light rain Wednesday afternoon and storms Thursday, which could complicate rescheduling the events.

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[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 67 points 3 months ago

Wow the Seine might be dirty and unhygienic. That seems completely out of left field. No way to have seen this coming.

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

After reading several headlines about the poor water quality over the last 6-12 months, this one is perfection — chef's kiss.

[-] ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I wonder if people did commit to pooping on it out of spite for it only being cleaned for the Olympics.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Next thing you know they'll cancel the swimming events they scheduled inside an active volcano

[-] BaronVonBort@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago

That they didn’t have a backup route is baffling. They’ve been testing the levels for months and they had to have known they weren’t going to be at safe levels in time. I commend the ecological work to clean the river but you shouldn’t punish these athletes because your waterway is gross.

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The olympic Surf competition is happening on the other side of the World in Tahiti. Are you telling me France does not have a backup lake to do this in anywhere? After 6 years of planning? Do it in lake Geneva or Étang de Berre...jfc

[-] fubarx@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 months ago

The whole point of a triathlon is to run, bike, and swim. It won't be easy moving it elsewhere and closing the roadways, setting up security, and shuttling participants and staff on short notice.

Hopefully they have a Plan B.

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Their plan B last time I heard was to make it a ~~biathlon~~ duathlon without swimming...which is just a joke.

[-] ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Isn't that called a duathlon to distinguish it from the winter Olympic event?

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

The one that’s all… ski ski, pew pew pew, ski ski ski? How did that one get started…

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You see, there was this Norwegian hunter with an AMD processor who liked both men and women..

[-] disgrunty@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Never underestimate the commitment of the French people.

[-] JCreazy@midwest.social 13 points 3 months ago

They didn't check this beforehand?

[-] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

They did a whole thing on TV where the mayor swam in the water.

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Did ~~he~~ she actually do that? I heard there was an app to tell people along its route exactly when to shit in it so it would make it to Paris around the time ~~he~~ she was swimming.

Edit: my bad. Apparently the mayor is a woman.

[-] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Mayor is a woman, I saw a clip of it while my parent were watching the news.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8VHnGtNez8A

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yea, it was fine, but then there was a major rogue summer storm during the inauguration 🤣 right over Paris.

which washed all the shit into la Seine and...well...it's shitty again. Literally yelling at a cloud for ruining it.

[-] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Nice

[-] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 3 months ago

That's (not) in-Seine.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

This months cover of "Called It!" magazine 🙄😮‍💨

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