Paris mayor swims in Seine to prove water purity for Games｜为证水质达标 巴黎市长将在塞纳河中游泳

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo (L) and President of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Organising Committee Tony Estanguet swim in the Seine to demonstrate that the river is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month in Paris, France July 17, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]

Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris, the city that is to host the upcoming Olympic Games, swam on Wednesday in the Seine to assure the cleanliness of the river ahead of the Olympic competitions.-游泳

当地时间17日上午，法国巴黎市市长安妮·伊达尔戈跳入塞纳河中游泳，以向外界证明塞纳河水质“足够干净”，可以确保巴黎奥运会水上项目正常举行。

Accompanied by Tony Estanguet, president of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Hidalgo said that the water was in "rather optimal conditions."-游泳

据报道，伊达尔戈身穿潜水服，并佩戴泳镜在塞纳河中游泳，河岸上聚集了数百人观看。与她同行的还有巴黎奥组委主席托尼·埃斯坦盖。

"It#39;s cool but not cold at all. We didn#39;t want to go out," she said.

“天气凉爽，但一点也不冷。我们不想出去，”她说。

After a 100-year ban on bathing in the river, athletes will take the plunge in just a few days during the Games, the City Hall of Paris said on its X account, adding that swimming in the Seine will also be open to the public as of next summer.-游泳

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巴黎市政厅在其X账户上表示，在禁止在塞纳河游泳100年后，运动员将在奥运会期间的几天内跳入水中，并补充说，从明年夏天开始，塞纳河游泳也将对公众开放。

The French government has spent more than 1.4 billion euros (about 1.5 billion U.S. dollars) since 2016 to make the Seine swimmable.-游泳

自2016年以来，法国政府已花费超越14亿欧元(约15亿美元)来使塞纳河可以适合游泳。

For the mayor of Paris, the hosting of the Olympic Games has accelerated the process. "When we clean the Seine, of course we will make it possible to prepare for the Olympics, of course we will be able to swim afterwards, but we also protect the rivers, for future generations," she said.-游泳

对于巴黎市长来说，奥运会的举办加速了这一进程。她说:“当我们清理塞纳河时，我们当然会为奥运会做准备，当然后期我们还能游泳，但我们也为子孙后代保护了河流。”。

The Seine will host the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games on July 26, and the triathlon and marathon swimming are also scheduled to take place in the Seine.-游泳

塞纳河将于7月26日举办巴黎奥运会开幕式，铁人三项与马拉松游泳也计划在塞纳河举行。

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo (right top) swims in the Seine to demonstrate that the river is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month in Paris, France July 17, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]-游泳

People swim in the Seine in Paris, France July 17, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]

Source:chinadaily

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