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Swedish swimmer pulls out of Olympic marathon in Seine over health concerns

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Swedish marathon swimmer Victor Johansson has pulled out of the Olympic men's 10km event scheduled for Friday citing concerns about the water quality of the Seine river, Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported.

Both Paris 2024 organisers and World Aquatics guaranteed the water quality met the thresholds set by the sport's governing body.

Ireland's Daniel Wiffen, who has already won gold and bronze medals in the pool, is due to take part in Friday's marathone event in the river.

Johansson told the paper triathletes had fallen sick after swimming in the urban river during the Olympic competition, without naming any. "There is a lot of information that has been flying around, but what we know for sure is that people have become ill," the paper quoted him as saying. "So even though the levels (of E.coli bacteria) have gone down, it didn't feel good to start. "The triathletes were in the Seine for about 20 minutes, and despite the short time, some got sick," Johansson added. "Paris 2024, together with World Aquatics, has put in place a rigorous water quality monitoring process," Games organisers said in a statement to Reuters. "Today’s results were considered 'very good' according to the World Aquatics thresholds for E.coli and Enterococci on all four testing points across the marathon swimming course." World Aquatics in a statement added: "The men's marathon swim will only take place after analysis of the latest water quality readings overnight. "We are very confident that the water quality will remain very good and that the race will be able to go ahead." Swedish media reported that the nation's triathlete Tilda Mansson fell sick and was vomiting a few days after competing in the women's event on July 31, though the team

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