In Vain, The Mayor Of Paris Swimming In The Seine River, The 2024 Olympic Triathlon Match Was Postponed Due To Water Pollution

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JAKARTA - The men's triathlon at the Paris Olympics did not go as planned today because the level of pollution in the Seine River was still too high, said World Triathlon.

This decision dealt a blow to the organizers and made athletes face more challenges. uncertain.

The race was postponed until Wednesday, July 31, at 10:45 p.m. local time, after the women's number, which was scheduled for 08.00 a.m. that morning.

Organizers previously said they believed water quality would improve in time for the race after heavy rains on Friday and Saturday littered rivers.

"Despite the increase in water quality over the past few hours, readings at several swimming lane points are still above acceptable limits," the committee said on Tuesday, July 30.

Paris 2024 and World Triathlon reiterated their priority is the health of the athletes.

If the bacterial rate is still too high on Wednesday morning, then the men's and women's competition will most likely be postponed until Friday, an emergency day provided for the event.

If on Friday the water quality is still not good then the swimming branch will be canceled and the athletes will compete in duathlon.

For the mixed Triathlon relay number on August 5, the emergency day is August 6.

Authorities in Paris have pledged to make the Seaine River the main Olympic heritage, and spend 1.4 billion euros (1.51 billion US dollars) on wastewater infrastructure to accommodate waste and minimize spills into waterways.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo herself had time to swim in the river earlier this month, in an effort to convince those in doubt.

The stake in the Seine river will be clean enough that the triathlon day never produces results, especially because the water quality varies widely from day to day.

Rain significantly increases the concentration of bacteria that cause infection such as E. coli and Enterocci.