Swimming in the Seine has largely been banned since 1923, but Paris Olympics organizers vowed to clean the water and bring it ...
PARIS, June 7 (Reuters) - Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo's dip in the Seine ahead of the Olympics will likely happen on June 30, her office said on Friday. Hidalgo had said she would swim in the Seine ...
Originally, the swim was planned for 23 June, a month ahead of the Paris Olympics, but had to be postponed because of powerful currents provoked by heavy rain. It was further postponed by the ...
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American swimmer Joel Stratte McClure braved the murky waters of the River Seine Thursday to celebrate the Fourth of July and highlight the French government's efforts to clean up the river before ...
PARIS, France — A 76-year-old American swimmer took a dip in the Seine River on Thursday, braving the murky waters ...
Hidalgo said her Seine swim comes "more than 30 years after Jacques Chirac's promise". In 1990 the former French president, then mayor of Paris, promised to "bathe in the Seine in front of ...
PARIS: Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo's dip in the Seine ahead of the Olympics will likely happen on Jun 30, her office said on Friday (Jun 7). Hidalgo had said she would swim in the Seine ahead of ...
The 780-kilometer-long river, which runs through the city of light and curves around the mighty Eiffel Tower, not only hosts ...