Paris mayor swims in the Seine, declares it clean for the Olympics The Washington PostMayor of Paris Takes an Olympian Plunge in a Beautified Seine The New York TimesParis Mayor Defies Poop Threats to Swim in Seine, and Prove a Point WIRED‘After the Games, we will have a swimming pool in the river’: Paris mayor takes dip in Seine amid E. coli bacteria concerns CNNFrom scummy to (maybe) swimmable, the Seine River cleanup is a symbol of the Paris Olympics’ ambitions … and its challenges Yahoo Sports