Climate crisis to blame for delay to triathlon, say Paris Olympic organisers

Climate crisis to blame for delay to triathlon, say Paris Olympic organisers

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Olympic organisers have blamed the climate crisis for the postponement of the men’s triathlon on Tuesday, saying: “We can’t control the weather.”

Paris 2024 said that the equivalent of the annual rainfall for July had fallen on the city on Friday and Saturday, leading to higher than permitted faecal bacteria known as E. coli entering the Seine and forcing it to delay the race for safety reasons.

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