PieFedOlympic triathletes swim in Seine River after days of concerns about water quality
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After days of water-quality concerns caused by heavy rains last week put the swimming portion of the Olympic triathlons in doubt, the women dove into the Seine River on Wednesday under gray skies that lingered following an early-morning drizzle, followed by the men a few hours later.
The athletes began near the Pont Alexandre III, a bridge that spans the famed Paris waterway. The steady rain tapered off just as the athletes splashed into the water. Some dunked their swim goggles in the Seine before putting them on and heading into the river with the Eiffel Tower in the background.
The decision to go ahead with the swim for the triathlon competitions was a big deal for the city, Olympics organizers and the athletes. Officials undertook an ambitious plan, including 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in infrastructure improvements, to clean up the long-polluted Seine and have been steadfast in their insistence that the swimming portion of the triathlon and the marathon swimming events next week could safely be held in the river.
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It is cleaner than Ganges
EleventhHourSo is my ass. I still don’t think Olympians should be swimming in my toilet, though.
Of course not! It's way too small.
How about your town's sewage treatment plant?
i live in florida. i doubt my town treats its sewage.
still, its prolly cleaner than the Ganges
This is a specific kind of mass gaslighting and sunk cost fallacy: "Think of all the money we spent on cleaning, don't you believe it's clean?" /s
SynapseI don't know if we can still call the river clean. But I disagree that it's sunk cost fallacy.
This river has been polluted for centuries and it's no doubt that it requires considerable efforts and resources to make it safe to swim in on a regular basis.
But the effort is not in vein! And the important attention the Olympics brought on the subject of water quality to the public is very important too! More people realize they deserve clean rivers and we should do what it takes to get it !
The actual Olympic swimmers who have competitions coming up, with whatever bugs they pick up in that river? That is crazy.
Weren't people shitting in the river in protest?
I thought it was the Spanish that shit on everything…. ^edit: no really have y’all ever heard the Spanish swear? They shit on everything^
I mean with any luck they were swimming in the layer of rain on top for the most part
I think you mean street runoff
is that more or less likely to contain fecal matter in Paris?
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So uhhhh was this a good idea? I saw one of the athletes projectile vomited just after he crossed the finish line which doesn’t seem good imo
Vomitting immediately after pushing your body to its limit is fairly normal.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, I believe the reason is because your body redirects blood/energy to the most important parts when your body is under strain.
So, if there's too much food in your stomache and you're pushing your body to its absolute limit, the stomache becomes less important as to whether it needs to continue working well. Blood is directed away from the stomache and you will vomit.
This is, at least, what happens when someone goes through shock, I'm assuming something similar is at play when pushing your body to its limit.
If swimmers end up sick or contracting some diseases, that's when we should worry. But we won't see those effects as immediately as the end of a race.
You are partly right.
In short: The muscles use ATP to make energy, that reaction takes oxygen. When you're not able to provide enough oxygen for the amount of atp that you want to convert into enrgy your body starts producing lactic acid which ends up in your stomac and you puke.
This is the same thing that happens when you run so much or so fast that you vomit. It means that you are pushing your muscles harder than your lungs can keep up with.
For a full accurate read check out this https://strengthmatters.com/anaerobic-lactic-energy-system/
Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell.
I exerted myself to the point of vomiting once, it can definitely happen
Is this the Mr. Beast Games?