For the first time in over a century, Parisians and tourists are getting ready to take a refreshing dip in the Seine.

The map shows Paris from above, with the Seine River clearly visible winding through the image. With a 30cm resolution, enough detail can be seen to identify some of the city's world-famous ...

Interactive graphic: Want to train like an Olympic champion? Start with this expert advice. The water-quality tests monitor the Seine river's E. coli levels.

More than a century ago, the Seine hosted swimming events at the 1900 Olympics, and permitted swimming right up until toxicity concerns — and boat traffic — grew too dangerous for river bathers.

Prior to the games, swimming in the Seine River has been banned since the 1920s. Then, about 10 years ago, leaders pumped in about 1.4 billion Euros – or $1.5 billion - into increasing the water ...

The triathlon and marathon swimming legs of the Olympics, which run from July 26 to Aug. 11, are due to be held in the Seine. The famous river was used in the 1900 Paris Olympics.

The lasting impact of these Games would be the river itself: Around 100 years ago, Parisians could swim safely in the Seine. The dream was to use the Olympics as a vehicle to command the city into ...

Triathlon and marathon swimming are to take place in the Seine, where it has been illegal to swim for more than a century. The water has tested unsafe in recent weeks, and cleaner on other days.

After an investment of around 1.4 billion euros in cleaning up the river as it passes through the capital, the quality of the Seine’s waters was one of the main questions ahead of the Olympic Games.