"From what I saw, the Seine is not a walking trash can, as we have the image."
Arthur Germain, a 20-year-old athlete, has been swimming down the river since June 6. Arrived in Le Havre this Saturday after more than 770 kilometers traveled from Source-Seine (Côte d'Or), the son of the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, draws up a positive assessment of the state of the watercourse.
“Before Troyes, there is a real culture of swimming in the Seine. Then the Dawn flows into the river, and the barge traffic becomes more important, swimming is more difficult, ”
he observed, trying to restore the image of a river that has a bad reputation.
"Polluted"
,
"dirty"
,
"dangerous"
,
"smelly"
: 70% of French people have a bad image, and only 12% would like to bathe there, according to an Ifop poll of July 1, 2021.
This disenchantment could diminish over the next few years, in particular thanks to the Olympic Games organized in Paris in 2024.
“We are going to propose that the triathlon event can take place.
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