Belgian triathlete Jolien Vermeylen slammed the 2024 Paris Olympic Games organizers for making athletes compete in the highly polluted River Seine. Jolien finished 24th in the women’s event, which took place on Wednesday (July 31) after being postponed.
“I drank a lot of water, so we’ll know tomorrow if I’m sick or not,” the 30-year-old told TV channel VTM.
She continued: “It doesn’t taste like Coca-Cola or Sprite, of course. The Seine has been dirty for a hundred years, so they can’t say that the safety of the athletes is a priority. That’s bulls***!”
