A test run meant to allow Olympic athletes to familiarize themselves with the marathon swimming course in the Seine River was canceled Tuesday over concerns about water quality in the Paris waterway.

Three German swimmers became ill after competing in the open water races at the 2024 Paris Olympics, though it was not immediately clear if the long-polluted Seine River was responsible for their ...

PARIS (AP) — Olympic triathletes dove into the Seine River on Wednesday after organizers declared the water in Paris safe for swimming following days of concerns about elevated bacteria levels caused ...

The 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis were supposed to show off American pride. Instead, they turned into a messy sideshow. The Olympics were attached to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, better known ...

Contrary to a recent action/horror movie, there are no sharks in the Seine. There was a shark watch, though, at the very first Olympic triathlon in 2000 during the Sydney Games. At the Olympics, water ...