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“The Seine River is not infected” declare the organizers of Paris 2024
The Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (OCOG) has informed athletes about the state of the Seine River.
Members of the organization walk along the Seine River where the triathlon will take place. (Photo Prensa Libre: EFE)
The water of the Seine was of “very good” quality in terms of bacteriology during the triathlon tests on Wednesdaythe Olympic Games Organising Committee (OCOG) said on Thursday when revealing the results of the samples, which require 24 hours to be known.
“Samples collected yesterday between 5 and 6 a.m. showed levels of E.Coli (the more problematic of the two fecal bacteria taken into account when giving the green light or not to open water competitions) between 192 and 308“colony forming units per milliliter (CFU/ml),” said Anne Descamps, spokesperson for COJO, during a press conference.
These results are “considered very good by World Triathlon,” the international federation, which gave the green light to the Olympic event on the Seine.
The results are, indeed, well below the regulatory limit set by sports federations of 1,000 UCF/mlfar from becoming a bacterial problem that could threaten athletes.
After months of doubts about the quality of the Seine’s water, The two tests took place on Thursday, August 1st.to the relief of athletes and organizers.
The cancellation on Sunday and Monday of two recognition sessions for the swimming part and the 24-hour postponement of the men’s race, Initially scheduled for Tuesday morning for “health reasons”, the event has caused deep concern.
The bacteria rates “in certain places” along the route were “still above acceptable limits“, explained COJO and World Triathlon then.
Following heavy rains on Friday and Saturday in the French capital, The improvement in weather conditions since Sunday has also led to an improvement in water quality.
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