PARIS (AP) — With the Paris Olympics less than two weeks away, a question hangs over the Games: Will the Seine River be clean enough for athletes to swim in? Triathlon and marathon swimming are ...

PARIS — The world’s most romantic river traces a long arc through Paris, a stunning backdrop to complement the magnificent City of Lights. For centuries, lovers have walked along the Seine River, ...

PARIS — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip Wednesday in the Seine, fulfilling a promise to show that the long-polluted waterway was clean enough to host swimming competitions during the 2024 Olympics ...

Being a veteran world-class swimmer — and cyclist, and runner — Taylor Spivey has dealt with worse than Paris’ River Seine. “I’ve definitely swam in far more stagnant, questionable bodies of water ...

Billions of dollars have been spent to clean up the River Seine in time for this month's 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. With the opening ceremonies now upon us, all eyes are on the city to see if it - ...

After months of speculation, lots of testing for E.coli, an unpredictable general election and residents' threats to defecate in Paris' river Seine, it looks likely that swimming events in the iconic ...

"The water is wonderful," Mayor Anne Hidalgo told NBC News Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo officially made good on her promise to swim in the River Seine ahead of the Olympic Games to quiet concerns of the ...

PARIS >> Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo finally swam in the River Seine today, fulfilling a promise to try to convince doubters that its waters will be clean enough to hold Olympic swimming events. Hidalgo ...

PARIS — The Seine River has been one of the stars of the Olympics — whether as the scene of the ambitious opening ceremony or as the Games' choice for the triathlon and marathon swimming competitions.

July 5 (UPI) --The famed Seine river in Paris opened to the public for swimming on Saturday for the first time in over a 100 years, a key victory for outgoing mayor Anne Hidalgo. The waterway was last ...