Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo Fulfills Promise to Swim in the Seine Ahead of the Olympics

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After months of anticipation, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the long-polluted Seine River on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river was clean enough to host open swimming competitions during the 2024 Olympics—and the opening ceremony on the river nine days away.

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00:00OK.
00:02Woo.
00:03Woo.
00:03Woo.
00:04Woo.
00:05Woo.
00:05Woo.
00:06Woo.
00:07Woo.
00:08Woo.
00:09Woo.
00:13Woo.
00:15Woo pool.
00:16Woo.
00:17Woo.
00:17Oh yeah.
00:18Woo.
00:19Come on.
00:19Let's go.
00:20OK.
00:22Backwards.
00:24Four.
00:24Ah, it's the quality of the water.
00:29Come on!
00:34It's very, very soft.
00:36It doesn't have any waves at all.
00:40And it's quite clear, despite everything.
00:43Even if we had bad weather until now.
00:46It's fresh, but not cold at all.
00:48It was very pleasant.
00:49Really, it was beautiful.
00:51We didn't want to go out anymore.
00:53It's amazing, you know, it was a dream for us.
00:56We worked a lot and very hard for that.
01:01And it is not just for being here today and swimming together.
01:07It's a very lucky and happy day.
01:10It's also for the planet, you know, and for the river and for the ocean.
01:16We did it, we did it.
01:19Yeah, today it's a very important milestone,
01:22because it's the confirmation that we are ready for the Games.
01:26It's a great symbol, the day before the first athletes will arrive in Paris.
01:30The sand now, the sand quality is perfect.
01:35Let's give the place to the athletes.
01:38It will be a fantastic legacy, because we are also in this mindset.
01:44It's so meaningful to use the Games to transform the city of Paris,
01:48to leave a very important legacy for the people to have the opportunity to swim.
01:53So we are very happy with this result.
01:56It was the ambition from the start,
01:58and today it's the confirmation that we are exactly where we wanted to be.
02:02So congratulations to the authorities.
02:05They made a fantastic job.
02:07And as the organizing committee,
02:09we now are ready to organize the Games in the sand.
02:18For more information, visit www.fema.gov

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