Men’s 10km marathon swimming to go ahead as scheduled

The Olympic men‘s 10km marathon swimming event will go ahead as scheduled on Friday morning in the Seine River as the latest tests have found the water quality to be compliant, Paris Games organizers said.

“Today’s results were considered ‘very good’ according to the World Aquatics thresholds for E.coli and Enterococci on all four testing points across the marathon swimming course,” the Games organisers and swimming governing body World Aquatics said in a statement to Reuters on Thursday.

Water quality in the Seine has been an issue throughout the Paris Games, with the men’s triathlon being postponed due to pollution. Several swimming training sessions for the triathlon and marathon events were also cancelled.

Source: BBC

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