The Seine can create an Olympic legacy - men's triathlon gold medallist - video Dailymotion

GB's Alex Yee hopes the Seine becoming swimmable for the Olympics can create a lasting legacy for the Games

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00:00I guess that came with a small penalty of the risk of the Seine being dirty, but I think

00:06the big difference between a lot of the challenges that we've had before is that the government's

00:12being proactive in trying to clean the water rather than in other countries where we're

00:17seeing the opposite happening.

00:19So I think fair play to France and the government that we're able to hopefully create a legacy

00:27and for that to live on post our race and hopefully some people watching today can then

00:34go and try the sport for the first time in a place where they probably could never before.