The marathon swimming familiarization event set for Tuesday has been canceled, Paris 2024 organizers said.
The women’s marathon swimming event is set to take place on Thursday with the men’s event being held the following day in the River Seine.
World Aquatics later confirmed that it made the decision, in collaboration with Games organizers, to cancel the session due to “water quality concerns.”
“The water quality review showed E. coli levels ranged from 326 to 517 (considered ‘very good’ to ‘good’) at the four collection points taken on 5 August between 5:00 and 6:00 a.m,” the statement said. “However, Enterococci levels exceeded World Aquatics maximum thresholds during the morning review. The latest Enterococci samples (taken between 12:30 and 13:20 on 4 August) showed levels exceeding the maximum acceptable World Aquatics thresholds.”
A further four water quality tests were held today, with one failing to meet the governing body’s standards.
A second familiarization session is set to be held tomorrow, provided that water quality levels meet the required levels.
The statement added that Paris 2024 organizers and World Aquatics “remain confident that the Marathon Swimming competitions on 8 and 9 August will proceed as planned.”
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