Take a swim in Paris? That would be insane
Daily Mirror UK|July 22, 2024
GB star blasts use of river
JEREMY ARMSTRONG
Take a swim in Paris? That would be insane

BRITAIN'S double Olympic champion Tom Dean is questioning the sanity of swimming in the Seine at the Paris Games.

The river, to be used in a number of events, has failed tests for faecal matter in the run-up to the Games.

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, 65, took a long-awaited dip in the Seine last week in a bid to prove the water is clean.

But there was no sign of French President Emmanuel Macron, who had promised to join the Seine bathers.

This story is from the July 22, 2024 edition of Daily Mirror UK.

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