Paris Games organizers have “cancelled training for triathletes in the River Seine again because of poor water quality," leading to “more uncertainty over whether the mixed relay will go ahead as planned" on Monday. A heavy rainstorm on Thursday night is “believed to have again dirtied the river's waters” (LE MONDE, 8/4).
Meanwhile, the currents in the Seine are a "new worry” ahead of the remaining scheduled event. In the triathlon, the athletes “swam just a mile in the river.” The marathon swimmers “will go more than six times as far,” making both the currents and the bacteria levels in the water “even bigger factors” (L.A. TIMES, 8/4).
