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Olympics: Sports minister dips into Seine river in attempt to prove water safety | DW News

Preparations for the Paris Olympics are in their final stages and river Seine will play a starring role in the games. National teams will sail down the waterway during the opening ceremony on July 26. Swimming events are also scheduled to take place in the river. But it's still not clear whether the water quality will be good enough for that.
France's sports minister Amelie Oudea-Castera has taken a plunge into the Seine to show that swimming events in the water is safe.
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  • @MikeTython369
    @MikeTython369Ай бұрын

    The fact it's actually a question whether or not it's safe to swim in is enough to say it's not safe to swim in. Why even bother?

  • @misterfunnybones
    @misterfunnybonesАй бұрын

    Ear infection & pink eye tomorrow.

  • @yenlinhtran69

    @yenlinhtran69

    Ай бұрын

    Staph infection?

  • @misterfunnybones

    @misterfunnybones

    Ай бұрын

    @@yenlinhtran69 sure, plus Crytosporidium, Cyclospora cayetanensis, Giardia, Naegleria fowleri, Escherichia coli, the list is long...itchy, rashy, nausea, vomit, diarrhea, UTI.

  • @mozdickson

    @mozdickson

    Ай бұрын

    And vlamidya

  • @juanwilliams3423
    @juanwilliams3423Ай бұрын

    Looks nasty

  • @coelhoptbr
    @coelhoptbrАй бұрын

    Why didn't you interview locals instead of tourists?

  • @LavonMoore
    @LavonMooreАй бұрын

    Nah that river still looks nasty still 😂

  • @vipulgupta
    @vipulguptaАй бұрын

    The quality of the water looks closer to a sewage drain than to a river.

  • @Yodavid1

    @Yodavid1

    Ай бұрын

    you know it's not something you measure with the naked eye, right?

  • @londonvibes1596
    @londonvibes1596Ай бұрын

    If you have to ask if it’s safe then it really isn’t. Seems like the Brazilian Olympics when the athletes were told not to go in the water

  • @masamiyaleco
    @masamiyalecoАй бұрын

    The Paris mayor said she'll swim in Seine next week, and Macron also said he's willing to do. Macron had shown pictures of him boxing. I bet Macron is planning to dive into Seine from the bridge at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics with his fit body, and he should. It's gonna be extremely uplifting and his approval rating will rise dramatically!

  • @user-pj8gp6zn3v

    @user-pj8gp6zn3v

    Ай бұрын

    😂j’attends de voir cela avec impatience 😊

  • @nisahmed9121
    @nisahmed912124 күн бұрын

    😂 France sports minister swam in Seine wearing a BURKINI under police protection !

  • @thomassciaroni6942
    @thomassciaroni6942Ай бұрын

    Is this where the term "In Seine" comes from??

  • @cldsch

    @cldsch

    Ай бұрын

    😂😂

  • @misterfunnybones

    @misterfunnybones

    Ай бұрын

    Nicely done!😂

  • @CadyCadwell

    @CadyCadwell

    Ай бұрын

    wow

  • @gamaigia9270
    @gamaigia9270Ай бұрын

    It doesn't look clean at all.

  • @McQueenPaul
    @McQueenPaulАй бұрын

    I bet lots of people are thinking about sharks after watching 'Under Paris'. Politicians are a sharks favourite food.

  • @AurediumRiptide
    @AurediumRiptideАй бұрын

    I would not swim in it. Where I live water quality is arguably one of the highest priorities (not just drinking water also of rivers). We have a yearly contest to swim in one of them and the water gets tested before it happens. Turns out last year a flooding caused sewage overflow and leaking in the river between the testing and contest. As a result a lot of people got sick in the contest. So I would definitely NOT swim in a massive river flowing through a metropolis. My city is not that big but Paris? Massive industrial complex, heavy traffic (that might dump some waste in between unofficially). Its just not safe.

  • @nisahmed9121
    @nisahmed912124 күн бұрын

    😂 No one was convinced . So plan B Macron asked her to invite the press again and drink directly from the Seine while smiling !

  • @melanieporter9546
    @melanieporter9546Ай бұрын

    Why?!? Is it because of the sharks?

  • @Jackytian9588

    @Jackytian9588

    Ай бұрын

    Yup, sharks have swam all the way from Hawaii to the Seine and got stuck, and then became very reproductive 😅

  • @mikicerise6250
    @mikicerise6250Ай бұрын

    That minister looks like, "Get me out of here! I think my neoprene just melted!"

  • @someutubchannel69
    @someutubchannel69Ай бұрын

    It doesn't look clean at all. It's a shame for France. If you aren't prepared.... Don't Host the Olympics.

  • @AuxaneST

    @AuxaneST

    Ай бұрын

    All the other prior hosts did worse. The water in both Tokyo and Rio were nasty.

  • @Seawithinyou
    @SeawithinyouАй бұрын

    But it still has major problems when a heavy rain happens as the sewage systems get easily overwhelmed 😔

  • @nickandcorinasadventuresin5115
    @nickandcorinasadventuresin5115Ай бұрын

    How do you deal with the current?

  • @mozdickson
    @mozdicksonАй бұрын

    No. You must be joking!

  • @zezpool
    @zezpoolАй бұрын

    Is that how they test for safety? Seems very scientific.

  • @Tex_actual

    @Tex_actual

    Ай бұрын

    No they already tested (I’m think maybe I’m wrong) and then went in for a swim. They delayed the event because a bunch of people threatened to poop in the water of macron showed up

  • @maestrovso
    @maestrovsoАй бұрын

    Even the tourists know better than to dip their toes for a shelfie tells it all. May be slightly cleaner than the Ganges.

  • @everypitchcounts4875
    @everypitchcounts487521 күн бұрын

    Looks worse than the Yamuna and Yangtze River

  • @Miamcoline
    @MiamcolineАй бұрын

    Wait what? Ive swam in it downriver from Paris lol! Didnt know we werent allowed. Now that they've made actual active efforts, they still dont even seem confident at all!

  • @SheepofTheShepherd-nu3lz
    @SheepofTheShepherd-nu3lzАй бұрын

    No river safe

  • @engineeranonymous
    @engineeranonymousАй бұрын

    Hey Macron promised to swim in Seine, where is he ?

  • @carlobrotto7132
    @carlobrotto7132Ай бұрын

    On this occasion the french frogs were stubborn in walking the same wrong way, eberybody knew it out of Macron and his genial counselors...

  • @fdrstan
    @fdrstanАй бұрын

    Paris is so beautiful. I had always heard that growing up and seen it in movies, but seeing it in person I fell in love instantly.

  • @pnthrillz
    @pnthrillzАй бұрын

    Isnt there a shark in the seine?

  • @Visionary20248
    @Visionary20248Ай бұрын

    When do you need actions to support your words?

  • @RavagHer
    @RavagHerАй бұрын

    are sewer drains still connected to it? than no. also politicians taking a lil dip is not the same as the athletes being in the water training and competing for hours.

  • @walli6388

    @walli6388

    Ай бұрын

    Yes. Now they "only" dump stuff into it 4 times a year. Thought that's only in Paris. Not sure how much they did a out the east going in upstream.

  • @dylanmccallister1888

    @dylanmccallister1888

    Ай бұрын

    @@walli6388 its a combined system like the Portland OR sewer system, everytime there is a heavy rain the storm water overflows the system and it dumps into the river to prevent backflowing into the streets. There is no control in a combined system so unless they can control the weather to only 4 heavy rains a year a lot more is being dumped into the river and they are lying about it. It would be the only city on the planet with a combined sewer system that doesnt dump the overflow into the river its next to.

  • @walli6388

    @walli6388

    Ай бұрын

    @@dylanmccallister1888 they build a massive tunnel and aquifer to reduce the overflowing to 4 times a year.

  • @lg206
    @lg206Ай бұрын

    How many antibiotic pills did he take before and after?

  • @SUBASHKUMAR-wz8zx
    @SUBASHKUMAR-wz8zxАй бұрын

    Don't mess up with swimming which on of most watched Olympic sport

  • @user-eh2hj8bx6O

    @user-eh2hj8bx6O

    Ай бұрын

    Indoor swimming is a more popular sport to watch

  • @rl2oo8
    @rl2oo8Ай бұрын

    no

  • @jwthrussell8786
    @jwthrussell8786Ай бұрын

    Oh no…. Why must it be??

  • @mrdarklight
    @mrdarklightАй бұрын

    Uh, you Euros don’t have pools?

  • @TheYoutubeUser69

    @TheYoutubeUser69

    Ай бұрын

    Lmao, invented them. It's about modernising, which Paris never did XD

  • @Nismo331
    @Nismo331Ай бұрын

    Ummm no

  • @fastwheels195
    @fastwheels195Ай бұрын

    Watch out for the shark under Paris lol

  • @tomso9246
    @tomso9246Ай бұрын

    No.

  • @losttribe9107
    @losttribe9107Ай бұрын

    Is DW News safe to watch?

  • @user-ds9vr3mg4z

    @user-ds9vr3mg4z

    Ай бұрын

    Their comments are those of a FOREIGN TV Channel so very difficult for them to understand how things are working or how people are living in Paris. Or many specific details about 2024 organisation ..

  • @findaxelfoley8106
    @findaxelfoley8106Ай бұрын

    Lol gross

  • @TahmKench4life
    @TahmKench4lifeАй бұрын

    🇵🇸🤜🏼🇮🇱🇺🇸🇪🇺🇰🇷🇬🇧🇯🇵🇹🇼🇮🇳🇦🇺

  • @TahmKench4life
    @TahmKench4lifeАй бұрын

    🇫🇷🔨🇩🇿

  • @erdemulubas
    @erdemulubasАй бұрын

    Has this minister ever seen Philippines or Maldives etc, where it is actually swimmable 😅

  • @raymonde4272

    @raymonde4272

    Ай бұрын

    I dare you to swim in the Pasig River 😂 Swimming in the sea is different from a river running through a large city. The French coastal waters are perfectly good.

  • @TahmKench4life
    @TahmKench4lifeАй бұрын

    🇵🇸🤜🏼🇮🇱🇨🇦🇵🇭