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The men’s Olympic triathlon planned for Tuesday has been postponed over concerns about water quality in Paris’ Seine River, where the swimming portion of the race was supposed to take place.

Organizers said they will try to hold the men’s triathlon Wednesday instead. The women’s competition is also scheduled on Wednesday, but both are subject to water tests. Friday is also planned as a backup date.

But Meteo-France, the French weather service, was forecasting storms Tuesday night, light rain Wednesday afternoon and storms Thursday, which could complicate rescheduling the events.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The whole point of a triathlon is to run, bike, and swim. It won't be easy moving it elsewhere and closing the roadways, setting up security, and shuttling participants and staff on short notice.

Hopefully they have a Plan B.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Their plan B last time I heard was to make it a ~~biathlon~~ duathlon without swimming...which is just a joke.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Isn't that called a duathlon to distinguish it from the winter Olympic event?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The one that’s all… ski ski, pew pew pew, ski ski ski? How did that one get started…

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You see, there was this Norwegian hunter with an AMD processor who liked both men and women..