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 throughout my career as a professional triathlete,” the 33-year-old told The Athletic via email this week.
Spivey has spent much of the last two decades swimming all over the world, becoming one of the United States’ top triathletes, finishing second in the sports’ Super League Championship Series in 2022 and fourth overall in the World Triathlon Championship Series in 2022. Before she got into triathlons, she was an award-winning member of multiple USA Lifesaving International teams and was an ocean lifeguard in Los Angeles.