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French Sports Minister Takes a Dip in the Seine Ahead of Paris Olympics
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France's Sports Minister, Amelie Oudea-Castera, took a bold step by swimming in the River Seine on Saturday. The move is part of an effort to demonstrate that the river has improved enough to host swimming events during the Paris Summer Olympics. Swimming in the Seine was banned in 1923 due to high pollution levels, but French politicians have long promised to make it swimmable again.
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- 1.France
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- 1.Amelie Oudea-Castera
- 2.Anne Hidalgo
- 3.Alexis Hanquinquant
- 4.Emmanuel Macron
- 5.Jacques Chirac
- 6.Pierre Rabadan