Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swims in the Seine river in Paris. After months of anticipation, Anne Hidalgo swam in the Seine Rive, fulfilling a promise she made in January nine days before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics.
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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo enters the Seine river in Paris.
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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and Tony Estanguet, President of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee, swim in the Seine river in Paris.
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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swims in the Seine river in Paris.
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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swims in the Seine river in Paris.
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People swim in the Seine river after Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the river in Paris.
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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swims in the Seine river in Paris. After months of anticipation, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the Seine River on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise she made months ago to show the river is clean enough to host open-swimming competitions during the 2024 Olympics — and the opening ceremony on the river nine days away.
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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo exits the Seine river after a swim in Paris.