On July 30, the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee issued an announcement stating that due to the substandard water quality of the Seine River, they have decided to postpone the triathlon event. Following this, British journalist Barney Ronay expressed on social media that the Seine has been effectively used as a sewer for centuries and that the idea of holding a swimming competition in it was always a foolish one.
Barney Ronay wrote: “Swimming in the Seine has always been a very foolish idea, but cleaning the Seine is not. Still, the river has been used directly as a sewer for hundreds of years.”
“The only lesson we can take from this is not to dump waste into the Seine anymore, and after these Olympics, we need to continue with the cleanup efforts of the Seine.”
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