The quality of the waters in Seine was one of the issues that particularly concerned the organizers of the Olympic Games in Paris. In the first days of the event, there were cancellations of training sessions and postponement of competitions due to high levels of pollution.
Finally, the “green” light for the triathlon was given on Wednesday, with the Belgian athlete Julien Vermeilen to vividly describe the experience of swimming in the… troubled waters of the Seine.
“I drank a lot of water. Tomorrow we will know if I got sick or not. It doesn’t taste like Coca-Cola or Sprite. While swimming under the bridge I felt and saw things I don’t even want to think about.
The Seine has been dirty for a century. So they cannot say that athlete safety is a priority. This is bullshit.” said the triathlete to VFM, according to Sun.
“If the match had not taken place then it would have been a shame for the event, Paris and France. It had to be now or never. Now, they hope there won’t be too many sick athletes. I took probiotics, drank soft drinks, couldn’t do more. I had the idea of not drinking water, but yeah, it failed. Just like I had the idea not to fall, but that too failed.” he added.
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