Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the Seine on Wednesday, July 17. Hidalgo swam across the river, accompanied by Tony Estanguet, the president of the Organizing Committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and Marc Guillaume, the prefect of the Paris region, just a few days before the various swimming events that will take place in the Seine during the Olympic Games.

Sunny weather, water at 20°C, and a weak current: the conditions were finally right for the historic dive of three key figures in the Paris Olympic Games

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