Clock is ticking on Seine cleanup for Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
Publisher |
USA TODAY
Wondery
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
News & Politics
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Daily News
News
Publication Date |
Mar 10, 2024
Episode Duration |
00:13:32

Paris plans to make history when it hosts the Summer Olympics this July – becoming the first city to take the Opening Ceremonies out of a stadium. Instead, a boat parade on the Seine will carry more than 10,000 athletes. But the Seine has been plagued with sewage and pollution for decades, and swimming has been banned there for more than 100 years. Will they be able to pull it off? USA TODAY Sports Reporter, Tom Schad, joins us on The Excerpt to discuss how France is preparing for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.

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