Paris 2024 Olympics Archives

July 7, 2025
International
World

A century after ban, how Paris cleaned Seine river for swimming and how Olympics helped

A man dives in the water as people swim at the Grenelle safe bathing site on the Seine river in Paris, France, Saturday, July 5, 2025. (AP) Swimming has been allowed again in the River Seine in Paris from Saturday for the first time since 1923. This happened after many years of cleanup work.The reopening […]

July 6, 2025
International
World

‘Feel like a mermaid’: River Seine reopens after century-long ban; Parisians rejoice ‘childhood dream’

After more than a century, swimmers returned to the River Seine on Saturday, marking the first official reopening of the iconic waterway for public bathing since 1923.Among the first to take a dip was a 95-year-old Parisian, who joined excited locals at the newly launched Bras Marie swim zone in eastern Paris, one of three […]