Olympic Games: The Impossible Swim in the Seine
The Parisian Olympic organisers are so confident that they have no plan B in case the water quality tests are still bad at the time of the Games.
The Parisian Olympic organisers are so confident that they have no plan B in case the water quality tests are still bad at the time of the Games.
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