Swimming in the Seine
It started to rain heavily in Paris on Thursday evening with thunder and lightning frequently punctuating the downpour. This will undoubtedly lead to a degradation of the water quality in the Seine over the next few days. But the weather forecast for rest of the week is not predicting rain so the water quality should improve as the 10 km marathon swims are held on August 8th (women) and 9th (men).
From Russia to France
Anastasiia Kirpichnikova (@nasta.kirpichnikova) is a 24-year-old pool and open water swimmer who represented Russia placing 8th in the 800m freestyle and 15th in the 10 km marathon swim at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Earlier this week in Paris, she won a silver medal in the 1500m freestyle, finishing in 15:40.35 for her adopted country of France. She has a shot of reaching a podium position in the 800m freestyle this week.
Ice Swimmer in the Pool
American ice swimmer Keaton Jones (@keatonjones_swim) the gave it his best shot in the 200 meter backstroke tonight, but he was just 0.44 seconds out of a podium position.
2024 Paris Olympic Games 200m Backstroke Results
- Hubert Kos (Hungary) 1:54.26
- Apostolos Christou (Greece) 1:54.82
- Roman Mityukov (Switzerland) 1:54.85
- Mewen Tomac (France) 1:55.38
- Keaton Jones (USA) 1:55.39
- Hugo Gonzalez de Oliveira (Spain) 1:55.47
- Pieter Coetze (South Africa) 1:55.60
- Lukas Maertens (Germany) 1:55.97
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