00:00The Seine is still not clean enough to host swimming competitions.
00:06Olympic authorities had to postpone a triathlon event scheduled for Sunday.
00:12Bacteria levels are still above safety limits after rain showers peppered Paris on Friday.
00:21The French capital authorities have spent over a billion euro in cleaning up the river for the Games.
00:29But its water quality is highly variable as its cleanliness is directly linked to weather conditions.
00:37Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo took a swim into the Seine recently to demonstrate that the river is safe to swim.
00:46However, tests by the French water body indicated that when she took the dip,
00:52E.coli levels were already above the safe limit determined by European rules.
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