Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a long-awaited dip in the River Seine on Wednesday morning in a bid to prove the water is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Olympics later this month.
Nine days before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics, Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of the French capital, braved the murky waters of the Seine on Wednesday morning to show that the river is clean enough to host the Games’ outdoor swimming events.
