YAHOO SPORTS goes with the header, "From scummy to (maybe) swimmable, the Seine River cleanup is a symbol of the Paris Olympics’ ambitions ... and its challenges." For all of the Seine’s "well-deserved accolades as a beautiful, evocative river," only the "truly foolish would actually venture into its waters." Because "until very recently, the Seine was so toxic that the city didn’t even permit swimming." Too "filthy to support much marine life," it’s "largely been, in effect, a picturesque garbage dump." Now, with the Olympics just days away, Paris officials are "reaching the end of a years-long plan" to clean the river, which will host the Opening Ceremony and, later, several Olympic swimming events. Like most Olympic plans, the cleanup of the Seine is a "brash, audacious, expensive endeavor ... and like so many Olympic plans, it might well collapse under the weight of its own vast ambitions."
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