2024-07-31 02:33:40
Women’s triathlon opens at 8 a.m.; men will follow at 10:45 am
The start of the women’s race will be at 8 a.m. at the Alexandre III bridge, in the center of Paris. Men will start at 10:45 am from the same place.
The men’s competition was originally scheduled to take place on Tuesday morning, but was postponed because of that “Health reasons”recorded bacterial levels “In some places” of the way of being “still beyond acceptable limits”. After heavy rains that fell on Friday and Saturday in the French capital, the improvement in weather conditions since Sunday has led to an improvement in water quality.
Convenience for athletes, who are at risk of seeing their triathlon cut off from its swimming part and turned into a duathlon – a way of running, cycling, running. Convenience also for the planners and local authorities, especially the Paris city hall and the region of Ile-de-France, who have been working for many years on the issue of the pollution of the Seine.
The state and regions of Ile-de-France have invested 1.4 billion euros to make the river and its main river, the Marne, swimmable for the Olympics and for everyone afterwards.
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