The race has been rescheduled for Wednesday morning to coincide with the women’s event, but officials aren’t sure if either race will happen, or if the swimming leg will be cancelled entirely
A ship sails past reproductions of artworks decorating the banks of the River Seineat the 2024 Summer Olympics , Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Paris , France. The men's Olympic triathlon has been postponed over concerns about water quality in Paris ' Seine River , where the swimming portion of the race was supposed to take place.
Both events could be postponed again, or the swimming legs could be dropped, and the races turned into duathlons with only cycling and running. Officials already had to cancel two days of training in the Seine on Sunday and Monday because of pollution. But weeks of testing has shown that levels of E. coli and enterococci, an intestinal bacteria, have fluctuated wildly and soared as high as 10 times above the allowable limits some days this spring.
While the weather in Paris has turned hot and sunny, storm showers have been forecast for Tuesday evening. Merle said officials were working with weather forecasters to get the most updated information. “Because we’re not talking only about it’s raining, but where it is it raining exactly. So that we know, and we can assess the impact on the river,” she told a press conference on Tuesday. She added that the hot weather should help to kill bacteria in the water.
Casado defended the decision to move to a duathlon as a last resort even though it could benefit athletes who are stronger in cycling and running. She said that has become fairly common in the sport and noted that the swim leg at the European Championships in June had to be scrapped because of weather.
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