The Olympic organizer in Paris has postponed Tuesday’s triathlon competition. The competition was originally scheduled to start at 08:00. The cancellation is due to the fact that the pollution in the Seine is still too high, the organizer says. Another attempt to complete the triathlon competition is now planned for 8am on Wednesday for women, and 10.45am for men. If it doesn’t work, then Friday 2 August is the last option, and then there is also a possibility that the competition ends as a duathlon, with cycling and running. In that case, the competition will be a 5 kilometer run, 40 kilometer cycling and 10 kilometer run. OLYMPIC GOLD: Kristian Blummenfelt hopes to repeat the feat from the Olympics in Tokyo three years ago. Photo: Agnieszka Iwanska / news Wasn’t worried This is the third day in a row that the water quality in the river is not good enough. Both Sunday and Monday’s swimming training were cancelled. – It did not come as a bomb. it is typical when it rains that there are too high values of E. coli. But it seems that they have control, said reigning Olympic champion, Kristian Blummenfelt, to news on Monday. He himself would like to get some training in the river, as he is more worried about the current in the Seine. – The current is twice as strong there as it was last year, when there was a test competition, so it would have been good to have a review, said Blummenfelt, who would have liked to have had a review of the course. DEBUTANT: Vetle Bergsvik Thorn. Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB On Monday, Olympic debutant Vetle Bergsvik Thorn was optimistic that Tuesday’s competition would go as planned. – They had said in advance that the training could be cancelled, but they have said that 24-48 hours after rainfall, the water quality returns to normal, so really I am not worried about it being cancelled, Thorn said. Monday 5 August is the mixed relay for the triathlon athletes in Paris. More precipitation expected Hot weather has been reported in the French capital on Tuesday, with over 30 degrees. At the same time, Yr.no reports a risk of heavy rainfall on Tuesday evening, which could create additional challenges for the organiser. The organizer has previously attributed the poor bacteria level in the river to the rainy weather on Friday and Saturday. In the run-up to the Olympics, a large-scale clean-up of the famous river in Paris has been carried out in order to be able to carry out the swimming part of the triathlon competitions. In total, the organizer has spent 1.4 billion euros in the effort to make the popular river swimmable. Published 30.07.2024, at 06.46 Updated 30.07.2024, at 06.53
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The men’s triathlon competitions in the Olympics postponed due to poor water quality – Olympics Paris 2024
