Former French President Jacques Chirac, while mayor of Paris ... governing body for the Olympic sport. “I wouldn’t recommend swimming in the Seine river right now under any circumstances ...

With the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics fast approaching ... on June 23 because of the river's water level and the amount of bacteria present. "The Seine is exquisite," Hidalgo said.

Traffic near the river backed up ... PARIS — France’s audacious plan to open the Paris Olympic Games on the Seine raised ...

PARIS — With the Paris Olympics less than two weeks away, a question hangs over the Games: Will the Seine River be clean enough for athletes to swim in? Triathlon and marathon swimming are ...

PARIS--A hot-air balloon ... off its first Summer Olympics in a century Friday, with a four-hour-long, rule-breaking opening ceremony that unfurled along the Seine River. On-and-off showers ...

Reasons to be Cheerful reports on river Seine, the storied French waterway that was once nearly biologically dead but is not ...

FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Seine river police gear up for security - Seine, Paris, France - July 2, 2024 Police officers are pictured on the river Seine during the tour REUTERS/Sarah ...

Things like swimming in the Seine at the Paris Olympics brought a focus on the river being an asset rather than a liability." As a sign of that change of public perception in recent years ...