Triathlon training scrapped due to dirty Seine

Both the men and the women dived into the Seine Wednesday after pollution levels were ‘assessed as compliant’ – Copyright AFP JAAFAR ASHTIYEH

Olympic organisers cancelled part of the triathlon training in the River Seine planned for Saturday, saying heavy rain was likely to have made the waterway too polluted to swim in. 

Only the running and cycling elements of the triathlon mixed relay training will take place, Paris 2024 organisers announced in a statement. 

Training was scrap