New Zealand triathlete Hayden Wild said he showed symptoms of E. coli infection after swimming in the Seine at the Olympics. 1 news.
“I was lucky to only be sick for one day due to a possible E. coli infection,” the athlete said.
For the last 100 years, swimming in the Seine has been officially banned. For a long time, sewage flows were poured into the river, garbage and toxic waste were dumped, which led to massive pollution: there are not even fish there.
Organisers of the 2024 Olympic Games have spent €1.4 billion cleaning up the Seine River, building an underground reservoir into which wastewater is now redirected.
August 5th on the Seine It happened triathlon relay race. At the same time, many athletes had to withdraw from the start due to infection before the swim.
Former Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo statedthat a clean Seine would change the lives of Parisians.
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Source: Gazeta
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