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Cleaning up the Seine ahead of the Olympics

Despite its romance and beauty, the Seine has historically been quite toxic with swimming mostly off limits for a century. But holding swimming events in the Seine was a key part of Paris' bid to host the 2024 Olympics. And with the game...

France 24

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Ukraine swim stars Olympic dreams in limbo

Ukrainian artistic swimmers Maryna and Vladyslava Aleksiiva have spent years training for Paris 2024 but their Olympic dreams hang in the balance after the government decided to block its athletes from competing in qualifiers if they inc...

Reuters

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Paris plans river cleanup ahead of Olympics

Officials are hoping to reduce pollution levels in the Seine to make it safe to swim in ahead of an Olympic river race in 2024. However high levels of e.coli, sewage and industrial dumping pose huge challenges.

EuroNews

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Record breaking swim across Channel crossing

The record for the fastest swim across the Channel has been broken by a French swimmer who completed the crossing in nine hours and 22 minutes.

France 24

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Hero coach rescues swimmer during event

A U.S Coach has saved the life of an American Swimmer at the FINA World Championships after diving into the pool to rescue unconscious Anita Alvarez during her Olympic qualifying event. The 25-year-old didn't return to breathe after her ...

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Ice swimmer becomes first to cross 'most feared waters'

Barbara Hernandez is the first person ever to swim three nautical miles in the world’s ‘most feared waters’.

EuroNews

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World swimming changes transgender rules

The governing body for competitive swimming, FINA, has voted to severely restrict transgender participation in elite women's events. Now, only those who fully transitioned before the onset of male puberty — typically starting at age 12 —...

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Swimming bans transgender athletes

Swimming’s world Governing body, Fina, will ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s elite races. The new policy passed with 71% of the vote from 152 Fina members and was announced at the Extraordinary Congress 2022 in Budapest...

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