PARIS (Reuters) – The Olympic women’s 10km marathon swimming event will go ahead as scheduled on Thursday at 7:30 a.m. (0530 GMT) in the Seine river, Paris Games organisers said.
Games organisers and swimming governing body World Aquatics said in a statement that the latest water quality tests from the Seine had been assessed as compliant, allowing the race to go ahead.
(Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
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