Testing the water: How Paris is preparing the Seine for Olympics

Winding through Paris, the Seine river is set to be the centerpiece of the 2024 Summer Games - but bacteria levels and garbage could stand in the way of safety for the athletes. NBC’s Keir Simmons reports for TODAY.
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[@tomso9246]

athletes will not swim in that river.

[@deztheray8935]

They will if that’s the plan, with all the pressure behind them they won’t refuse to compete. But Paris NEEDs a backup plan to not put swimmers in danger of contracting disease.

[@vincesiy1403]

It will not be ready for the olympics. It takes years to really clean up a river. Hopefully though they manage to clean it up by 2025 like they said they would for the general public to be able to freely swim in.

[@TheRenaissanceGuys]

Is this a meme?

[@sakenu16]

Wait until the guy grows a third eye…yuck! No thanks!