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River Seine swimming event scrapped after sewage spill

An international swimming competition to be held in the River Seine in Paris this weekend was cancelled after recent heavy rainfall caused a spill of raw sewage into the water, raising questions over the swimming events in the river planned as part of next summer's Olympic Games in the French capital.

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Paris has suffered a setback in its race to clean up the Seine in time for next year’s Olympic Games after the river was declared too dirty for an international competition, reports The Times.

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