Paris Presents Candidacy for 2024 Olympic Games

Paris – The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, today announced the candidacy of the capital for the Summer Olympics in 2024.

Hidalgo expressed in a letter his hope that if Paris wins the nomination and organizes the summer event of the year, the swimming career test for triathlon will be held at the legendary river Seine, which crosses the French capital.

Our city is already working for it. Parisians will be able to swim in the Seine after 2024, thanks to the Games, he said.

The mayor added that “a new era will open for Parisians and the possibility for each one to take a bath in the Seine will be part of the “precious heritage” Olympic Games should leave, he said.

Today, bathing in the emblematic river is prohibited in its passage through Paris, mainly because of water contamination.