An Olympic triathlete has said that she saw things ‘we shouldn’t talk about’ while swimming in the Seine river.
In the run up to the 2024 Paris Olympics, organisers had championed that they wanted to clear the Seine and render it safe for use in the events.
The project included a $1.5 billion infrastructure project to clean up the water in the polluted river so it would be safe enough to swim in.
But that ambition quickly went awry after an athlete became sick after swimming in the river which runs through Paris.
The triathlon was given the go ahead to proceed, despite concerns about high levels of E Coli in the water.
E Coli is often linked to faecal matter, and can cause a range of conditions including diarrhoea, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, and sepsis.
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