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Murky waters: Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo fulfills Olympic pledge by swimming in river Seine
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Canada News· 3 days agoParis Mayor Anne Hidalgo sought to prove a point Wednesday: She took a dip in the murky waters of...
France's sports minister takes dip in Seine in boost for Olympics organisers
RFI via Yahoo Canada News· 7 days agoFrench Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera swam in the Seine on Saturday, raising hopes the river...
French official swims in Seine trying to prove river is clean enough
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Canada Sports· 6 days agoThe famous river was used in the 1900 Paris Olympics. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who championed a...
Paris mayor to take dip in Seine ahead of Olympics
Digital Journal· 3 days agoThe mayor of the French capital Anne Hidalgo is set to splash into the murky waters of the Seine on Wednesday to demonstrate that the river is clean...
From scummy to (maybe) swimmable, the Seine River cleanup is a symbol of the Paris Olympics’...
Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoThe ongoing contamination, combined with France’s ongoing political instability, forced Hidalgo to...
Paris Is Becoming a Cycling City, for Better or Worse
Conde Nast Traveler via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoAs the French capital evolves to become a bike-first city, Parisians say that the people’s spirits...
French sports minister swims in Seine ahead of Olympics
The Globe and Mail· 7 days agoFrench Sports Minister Amelie Oudea Castera took the plunge and swam in the River Seine on Saturday,...