We talked yesterday about the Olympic men’s triathlon in Paris being an event to watch, but it was suspended at the last minute following test results showing that despite spending $2.47 billion to clean up the Seine, the iconic waterway was too polluted for swimmers. The race has been pushed back until tomorrow evening, which is the same day as the women’s triathlon, as organisers blamed “meteorological events beyond our control”. But with the levels of infection-causing E. coli bacteria from sewage changing from one day to the next depending on the weather, there are no guarantees that events in the river won’t be further postponed (or is that postpooned?). The issue has been a headache for Games organisers for months with a barrage of questions about the suitability of the river that has been illegal to swim in for a century due to the pollution. 

For more on this in-Seine situation, check out this Squiz Shortcut on the preparations for the Paris Olympics.