Olympic chief 'confident' for Seine swimming at 2024 Games

VITRY-LE-FRANÇOIS, France, Sept 06 (AFP): Olympic chief Thomas Bach said Wednesday he was "confident" and "optimistic" swimming events in Paris's Seine River will go ahead at the 2024 Games despite recent cancellations due to pollution.
"We still have one year before the Olympic Games, everyone is working on this challenge and I'm very confident that at the time of the Olympic Games, it will be a huge success, which will benefit the entire population," Bach said after inaugurating sports facilities in Vitry-le-Francois in northeastern France."We mustn't forget that for a very long time swimming in the Seine was banned," he continued.
"If with these Games, Parisians return to the Seine, also for leisure and for swimming, it's a huge project and I'm optimistic that we're going to achieve a good result."