Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the long-polluted Seine River on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river was clean enough to host open Olympic swimming competitions. $1.5 billion has been ...

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 ...

After months of anticipation, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the long-polluted Seine River on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river was clean enough to host open swimming ...

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 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 ...

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 water is wonderful," Mayor Anne Hidalgo told NBC News Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo officially made good on her promise to swim in the River Seine ahead of the Olympic Games to quiet concerns of the ...

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, ...