Swimming has been off-limits in the long-polluted Seine River in Paris for more than a century. So with Olympic swimming events on tap for the river, the city poured in $1.5 billion (1.4 billion euros ...

PARIS — The star of Friday night’s opening ceremonies of the 2024 Summer Olympics was the Eiffel Tower, but for spectators at the nearby temporary stadium, nearly all of the show could only be seen on ...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo had vowed that the Seine would be clean enough to host those events — the swimming marathon and the swimming stage of the triathlon, plus a Paralympic swimming event — despite ...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the long-polluted Seine River on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river was clean enough to host open Olympic swimming competitions. $1.5 billion has been ...

The Olympic Marathon swim test has been canceled this week over concerns with the conditions of the Seine River in Paris, France. World Aquatics announced on Tuesday that they were canceling the test ...

Bathing in the Seine has been banned since 1923, with promises to restore water quality going back to 1990, when then-Paris mayor Jacques Chirac — later French president — vowed to make the river safe ...

PARIS — After days of delays and uncertainty over water quality in the Seine River, the women’s and men’s Olympic triathlon races will go forward Wednesday with a swim in the famed Paris waterway, ...

Swimming in the Seine River in Paris, France, has become a popular tourist attraction since reopening last month for the first time in over a century. This follows years of promises from the city’s ...

July 5 (UPI) --The famed Seine river in Paris opened to the public for swimming on Saturday for the first time in over a 100 years, a key victory for outgoing mayor Anne Hidalgo. The waterway was last ...

Demand for river cruises in France has surged after the Paris 2024 Olympics, with cruise lines like Avalon and Viking ...

A ship sails past reproductions of artworks decorating the banks of the River Seineat the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Paris, France. The men's Olympic triathlon has been postponed ...