{"id":2006220,"date":"2023-08-20T11:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T15:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympics-triathlon-swimming-leg-cancelled-in-paris-2024-test-event\/"},"modified":"2023-08-20T11:59:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T15:59:08","slug":"olympics-triathlon-swimming-leg-cancelled-in-paris-2024-test-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympics-triathlon-swimming-leg-cancelled-in-paris-2024-test-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming leg of triathlon cancelled in Paris 2024 test event."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Folympics-triathlon-swimming-leg-cancelled-in-paris-2024-test-event%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=2006220&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>Triathlon Test Event in \u2064Paris Cancelled Due \u200dto Poor\u2064 Water Quality<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The swimming leg of a triathlon\u2063 test event ahead of \u200dnext year\u2019s Olympic Games \u2062in\u2063 Paris\u2064 was cancelled on Sunday due to <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 River\u2064 Seine,\u2063 the third such decision this\u2063 month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWater quality tests (\u2026) do not provide the necessary \u2062guarantees to \u200dproperly hold the swimming event,\u201d organisers\u2063 said in a statement.<\/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>The\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympics-triathlon-swimming-leg-cancelled-in-paris-2024-test-event\/\" title=\"Swimming leg of triathlon cancelled in Paris 2024 test event.\">mixed relay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swimming-pollution-on-seine-scuppers-open-water-world-cup\/\" title=\"Seine pollution ruins Open Water World Cup swim.\">triathlon test event<\/a><\/a> was switched to a duathlon format as was the \u2062case \u200don Saturday for the Para triathlon event.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers also\u200d cancelled the Open Water Swimming\u200c World Cup in\u2064 Paris this month\u200d after\u2063 heavy \u200brainfall caused the water quality \u200din the river to\u200b dip below minimum health standards.<\/p>\n<p>The city has been \u200cworking on clean-up efforts to make the Seine swimmable again, \u200das it was \u200cduring the 1900 Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  (Reporting\u2062 by Yiming Woo and Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing \u200dby Ed Osmond)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/olympics-triathlon-swimming-leg-cancelled\/attachment\/paris-2024-holds-triathlon-test-event-for-the-olympics-3\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>POSO Dog Rescue Honors Shelter Dogs on \u2064International Homeless Animal Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Major Headlines in \u2064the U.S. This Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Trump \u2064Picks Tucker Over Fox, Elon Blocks the Block\u200b Button, and\u200d Rich \u200bMen North of Richmond\u200d Dominate<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>California Senate Candidate Eric Early Discusses Rising \u200bCrime in the State<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Suspected North Korean Hackers Target U.S.-South Korea Military Exercise<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Suspected North Korean Hackers Target U.S.-South Korea Military Exercise<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>California Autos Regulator Investigates Incidents Involving GM&#8217;s Autonomous Vehicles<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>JetZero\u2064 Receives\u200d U.S. Air Force Backing for Building Demonstrator<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris (Reuters) &#8211; The triathlon test event for the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris had to cancel its swimming leg due to the River Seine&#8217;s inadequate water quality. 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