Would you swim in the Seine river? The iconic Paris waterway is known for a lot of things, but clean might not be the first thing that comes to mind.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the Seine on Wednesday morning, seeking to show that the river was clean and ready for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games that kick off later this month.
France has earmarked €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) for the river’s clean-up amid lingering concerns that the overflows from the city’s sewage system bring waste waters and their bacteria into the Seine, making it unswimmable. President Emmanuel Macron has committed to a dip in the river at some point.
“We will allow Olympic events to take place, and allow people to swim after, but in cleaning the river we also avoid trashing the ocean,” Hidalgo said after her swim. “We have to adapt our cities to climate change and rivers are part of it.”
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-17/paris-mayor-swims-in-seine-to-show-it-s-ready-for-olympic-races?sref=omvmmwIg
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25 Comments
eeeeuuuuuuuuwwwwwww !!!
I mean we have a river near us and the water is really clear so i dont know about that sein river full of poop and piss 🤮
Da Olympics ( wasn't there a protest where people took a dump in the river)
Raw sewage in the river 🤢
One Olympic female swimmer said she felt things as she was swimming. Then you have the guy who puked us guts out 10 times in front of the world.
enjoy wth sht women😂
who paid you?!
Media trying to sell us a story that’s its healthy and fine to swim in a shit filled river 😂😂🤦♂️
😅😅😅
Ewwwww…….
She swallowed water. Foolish.
It’s green tho
When I travel to Paris I would take a little dip in the spot ❤🐸
This aged poorly
Oh this video did not age well lol I wonder if she threw up like the other triathletes during the games.
Yea no ur sick now
Paris water is dirty I always wanted to go to Paris😭
Why not buld a pool or divide 1billion amongst the swimmers 😂
Yuck 🤮
Paris Olympics 2024 were the worst in history, France should be ashamed
So far 8 swimmers have been reported sick after swimming in the river.
gross
well this didn't age well
A couple of gulps?
LOL, she got paid to drink poop water.
So fukkin hillarious.