The Olympic Marathon swim test has been canceled this week over concerns with the conditions of the Seine River in Paris, France. World Aquatics announced on Tuesday that they were canceling the test ...

Swimming in the Seine River in Paris, France, has become a popular tourist attraction since reopening last month for the first time in over a century. This follows years of promises from the city’s ...

The men’s and women’s triathlon at the Paris Olympic Games went ahead on Wednesday—including the swimming portion—ending weeks of speculation about the event's fate amid concerns about the pollution ...

Competition is heating up on France's Seine River next year as no fewer than eight river cruise lines duke it out for passengers. Tauck, for example, is adding a new Christmas market cruise on the ...

The Seine River flows through the heart of Paris. Learn where it originates, its journey to the English Channel, and why its ...

PARIS, July 31 (Reuters) - Olympians dived into the River Seine on Wednesday after a pre-dawn notice informed teams that its murky waters were at last safe enough to proceed with the triathlon, ...

The men’s triathlon event at the Paris Olympic Games—which was scheduled to take place on Tuesday—has been postponed by a day after the water quality in the river Seine did not meet the required ...

France’s Cassandre Beaugrand won gold in the women’s triathlon at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, cheered on by a delighted crowd as the hosts’ gamble to hold the swim stage of the race in the Seine ...

PARIS, France – After more than a century, the River Seine is reopening for swimming, offering both locals and tourists the chance to take a dip. The long-polluted waterway has been cleaned up, thanks ...

Years of digging pipes and cisterns, and more than $1 billion, were required to make the Seine River clean enough to host the races. Two French athletes won medals. By Catherine Porter Reporting from ...