Paris 2024 Olympic Games: “the Seine will be swimmable”, the organization reassures. Despite everything, no fallback solution is envisaged if pollution prevents the events from taking place.
The organizers and the Paris town hall are continuing work on the river to allow the events to be held next summer. If the Seine is deemed impassable, the triathlon (1,500m swim, 40km bike ride, and 10km run) would turn into a duathlon with the removal of the swimming event.