Paris (AFP) – Britain's Alex Yee braved the waters of the Seine to win the men's triathlon test event for the Paris Olympics on Friday, on a course identical to the one set to be used for next year's event.
As with the women's test event on Thursday, won by another Briton Beth Potter, the athletes plunged into the Seine for the 1500 metre swim element – only two weeks after the open water swimming test event had been cancelled because the water quality had been ruled to be "below acceptable standards".
