How can they not have a backup plan for triathlon and

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The Seine

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Their alternate may have been to keep testing until they get enough 'ok' readings to swim.

AND THEY DID. Wednesday the TRIATHLONS HAPPEN

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She noted that one of four test sites along the triathlon course was below the threshold for E. coli.

Two other sites were just above the limit and one was more elevated, she said, citing a range of 980 to 1,553.

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Daily water quality tests measure levels of the fecal bacteria E. coli. World Triathlon’s water safety guidelines and a 2006 European Union directive give a range of E. coli levels from “excellent” to “sufficient.”

Anything beyond 900 colony-forming units per 100 milliliters is not considered safe or “sufficient.”

But experts stressed that these numbers are simply guidelines used to assess risk.

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Read carefully and decide NOT to swallow the Seine.