“It’s pure happiness,” Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said, having fulfilled her pledge to clean up the Seine before the Games. Now officials hope it stays that way.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the Seine on July 17 to declare it clean for the Olympic Games, which will commence in nine days. PARIS — In what French officials hoped to be the conclusion of a years-long nail-biter, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo plunged into the Seine on Wednesday and declared it sufficiently clean for Olympic swimming competitions.
“It’s pure happiness,” she said after climbing out, having fulfilled a pledge with nine days to go before the start of the ParisAfter months of delays, and worrying contamination reports, Hidalgo’s symbolic swim in the turquoise-brownish waters was broadcast live on national television. Hundreds of spectators, and assigned soldiers and police officers, also watched from the riverbanks and nearby bridges.
On Saturday, French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra became the first major French official to conquer the Seine. With President Emmanuel Macron’s government on the verge of resignation after this month’s election defeat, she rushed to the river. Her swim, which appeared designed to preempt Hidalgo’s dip, did not go entirely according to plan. In scenes captured on television, Oudéa-Castéra slipped on the riverbank and then slid into the water.
Although the weather in the coming days appears to be favorable, there is no guarantee that the Seine will be as clean when the swimming competitions are scheduled to take place in late July and August.
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