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(FILES) A man swims in the River Seine in Ile-Saint-Denis, north of Paris on July 2, 2023. It is still prohibited to swim in the river Seine, but a year before the Olympic Games, which should inaugurate the reunion between this practice and the river, a group of pioneer swimmers fears neither the pollution, nor the Police. (Photo by Geoffroy Van der Hasselt / AFP)
The river Seine is still failing water quality tests one month before the Paris Olympics when it is scheduled to host the open-water swimming competition and the swimming leg of the triathlon, results showed Friday.
The latest tests, completed last week and released by the Paris mayor's office, showed levels of the E.Coli bacteria -- a key indicator of faecal matter -- are above the upper limits imposed by sports federations.
