Marathon Swimming wrap: The Netherlands and Hungary triumphed in a polluted Seine

The state of the River Seine was the most talked about of the competitions that took place there, the Triathlon and the Marathon Swimming. Dutch athlete Sharon van Rouwendaal and the Hungarian Kristof Rasovszky won in two very close races..

Since before the start of the Olympic Games, the eyes of the Paris 2024 organisers have been on the Seine and the quality of its water. E. coli bacteria were present at too high levels at several points in the river. Although Mayor Anne Hidalgo and other authorities involved in the event even took a bath to show that nothing was wrong, the contamination in the river has affected the athletes.

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