{"id":2005757,"date":"2023-08-19T12:14:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T16:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/triathlon-swimming-dropped-from-paris-para-test-event-over-seine-water-quality\/"},"modified":"2023-08-19T12:15:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T16:15:52","slug":"triathlon-swimming-dropped-from-paris-para-test-event-over-seine-water-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/triathlon-swimming-dropped-from-paris-para-test-event-over-seine-water-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Para test event drops triathlon-swimming due to poor water quality in the Seine."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftriathlon-swimming-dropped-from-paris-para-test-event-over-seine-water-quality%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2005757&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Swimming Stage Cancelled at World Triathlon Para Cup in Paris<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The World Triathlon Para Cup in \u2063Paris had\u200b the swimming \u200dstage cancelled\u200b on Saturday due \u200dto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/w-h-o-says-most-of-its-pandemic-medical-aid-to-poorer-countries-will-end-up-as-waste\/\" title=\"W.H.O. Says 'Most' of Its Pandemic Medical Aid to Poorer Countries Will End Up as Waste\">poor water quality<\/a> in the\u2063 River Seine. Organizers made this decision to prioritize the health and safety of \u2062the athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month,\u2062 the Open Water\u200c Swimming World Cup in \u200bParis was also cancelled due to low\u2062 water quality caused\u2064 by \u200dheavy rainfall.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Water quality tests\u200d were\u200c conducted early on Saturday, after which organizers decided to switch the Para triathlon competition to a duathlon format.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have observed\u2064 a significant discrepancy on \u2063the data between the results of the \u2062latest\u2062 water quality tests provided by the laboratory and the high frequency sample analyzers,\u201d World Triathlon said \u200din a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsidering this discrepancy, \u2064and not to\u200c put the health and safety of the athletes at risk, the \u2064decision\u200c has been made to\u200b cancel all the swim activities planned\u2062 for today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city has\u2064 been working on clean-up efforts to make the Seine swimmable again, \u200cas it was during the 1900 Paris \u2064Olympics more than a century ago.<\/p>\n<p>However, heavy rain causes the Parisian\u200c sewage system to overflow and be discharged into the\u200d river.<\/p>\n<p>Triathlon fan\u2064 Vincent Corla \u2064remains hopeful\u200b that the Games events \u2064will proceed as planned \u200bnext summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTriathletes \u200bare\u200d used to swimming in places worse than the Seine. Sometimes, when\u200c we\u2019re in the water, we don\u2019t\u2062 even see our hands\u2063 anymore under\u200d water. So for me, it doesn\u2019t\u2064 shock\u200b me at all. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope next year at the \u200breal Olympic Games it won\u2019t turn into a duathlon, that it will be a great \u2062event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s and men\u2019s Olympic \u2064test events took\u200d place on Thursday and Friday, respectively, with \u200cBeth Potter and Alex\u2062 Yee winning gold \u2064to \u200ccomplete a British double.<\/p>\n<p>  (Reporting by Rohith Nair in BengaluruEditing by \u200dKen Ferris and Alison Williams)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/triathlon-swimming-dropped-from-paris\/attachment\/paris-2024-holds-triathlon-test-event-for-the-olympics-2\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Weekly Headlines \u200cin the U.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This week has \u2064been filled with major \u200bheadlines \u200din the U.S.\u200c One America\u2019s Rachel Acenas has\u2062 more. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Trump, \u2064Elon, and Rich\u200c Men North of Richmond<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Trump picks \u200bTucker\u2064 over \u200dFox, Elon blocks the block button \u200band Rich \u200cMen North of Richmond continues to dominate<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>California Senate Candidate Discusses Rising Crime<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>One\u200c America\u2019s\u2064 Jessamyn Dodd sits down with California Senate candidate Eric Early to \u2062discuss \u2064the rising\u2062 crime in the state.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Major Break in \u200cMurder Case of Microsoft\u200d Executive<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Prosecutors announce a major \u2062break in the murder\u200d of Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan. 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Organizers prioritized athlete safety and health. Similarly, the Open Water Swimming World Cup in Paris was also cancelled earlier this month due to heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2005758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2005757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2005757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2005758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2005757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2005757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2005757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}