After months of anticipation, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo finally dipped in the Seine River on Wednesday, nine days before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games. It's part of a broader effort to showcase the river's improved cleanliness ahead of the summer games.
The summer games will kick off on 26 July with a lavish open-air ceremony that includes an athletes' parade on the river. The Seine will host several open-water swimming events during the games, including marathon swimming and the swimming legs of the Olympic and Paralympic triathlons.
Since 2015, organisers have invested some €1.38 billion to prepare the Seine for the Olympics and to ensure Parisians have a cleaner river in the years after the games. The plan included constructing a giant underground water storage basin in central Paris, renovating sewer infrastructure, and upgrading wastewater treatment plants.
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