American triathlete Seth Rider wants everyone to know: his comments that went viral this week were a joke.
The water quality of the Seine, where the swimming leg of both the women’s and men’s triathlon was held on Wednesday, has been a persistent concern for Paris 2024 organizers, athletes, and the world.
The water quality of the Seine, where the swimming leg of both the women’s and men’s triathlon was held on Wednesday, has been a persistent concern for Paris 2024 organizers, athletes, and the world.
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00:00The quality of weather was really good, down the limit, really upper than the limit.
00:06And what it rained this morning has no consequences because we have no rejection in Paris.
00:13And if we have some rejection, they are far away from Paris.
00:17And the time to go in Paris is probably several hours, so there's no consequences.
00:23And we know that the quality of weather was good enough this morning because the results
00:28are really much better and better since the last Friday or Saturday.
00:32I have no that information, I just read that.
00:35We used Fridion last year on the test event.
00:38We saw that the connection between their result and the reality was no good.
00:42So we decided to stop working with them.
00:45And we work with another society, we are calling Collie Minder, and we do exactly the same.
00:51And we are more closer than the reality and the fact of a scientist result we have and
00:56the process we get.
00:58So all the conditions were unified and the process was done.
01:03The International Federation take the decision to swim and we know that the quality was good
01:09enough for a run.
01:10And I think athletes have no complaint, they do a wonderful performance.
01:15So no worry.
01:16I know when we succeed for something, we have to find a bad way, but it's just a success.
01:20Just be happy with that and enjoy the moment.
01:23It was really difficult the last two years trying to explain the works we did and the
01:28fact results we will have.
01:30But today we are at that point and we are really happy to see the competition of women
01:36and men in the place where we want that competition, in the iconic venue of Pont Alexandre III.
01:43And the best was exceptional for French results as a gold medal for Cassandre Beaugrand and
01:50a bronze one for Leo Berger.
01:53So it's really good and I enjoy the moment.