The good conditions of the Seine River in Paris have been strongly questioned due to pollution and its risk for athletes during the Olympic Games, especially after triathlete Claire Michel was hospitalized with a diagnosis of the bacteria Escherichia coli (E.Coli) after swimming in its waters.
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The controversy over the pollution of the waters of this river was so great that before the Olympic Games, the mayor of Paris, Ana María Hidalgo, swam in its waters to demonstrate that they were suitable.
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After triathlete Claire Michel was hospitalized, Spanish Olympic swimmer Ángela Martínez posted a video of herself doing a viral dance, joking about the mere idea of getting into the River Seine. As she danced, trying to take it with good humor, she mentioned that she had to get into these waters on Thursday for the 10-kilometer open water test.
"I'm trying to convince myself that I have to swim 10 kilometers in the Seine River where there are corpses, rats, and it's super polluted. Help, how do they hold Olympic games there?," said the caption of the swimmer, while dancing in front of the camera for the video on her TikTok account @04angelaaa.
Viral video criticizes the Seine River
The video of athlete Ángela Martínez criticizing the Seine River generated more than 16 million views on TikTok, two million likes, and over four thousand comments. Among the users who commented, many brought up the movie 'In the Depths of the Seine'.
"Just yesterday I was watching the depths of the Seine," "ever since I saw the movie, I'm afraid of the Seine river," "I recommend you not to watch the movie 'In the Depths of the Seine', that way you will be less inclined to go in," to this last comment, athlete Martinez replied: "I already saw it haha and I find it ridiculous."