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Is the Seine Clean Enough to Swim? Olympic Triathletes Wait on Testers.

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The promise was they would swim in the Seine.

So far this year, no Olympian has been able to do so.

After the heavy rains on the weekend, swimming officials at the Paris Games have canceled both familiarization swims for triathletes eager to try out the river before the men’s and women’s individual events set for this week. Each time, poor water quality levels were blamed.