![The French sports minister, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, swam for several minutes in the Parisian river to prove that the water was suitable for competition.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/DYNOWDXPDJHU5E3FHW24IHIETI.jpeg?auth=d18199adcdcde3a4925143d9fdc238d453f4f5c4226633c18f4431272cc2cd9b&width=360&height=203&focal=441%2C379)
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The French Minister of Sports swims in the Seine
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The inaugural European Championships were a resounding success, with seven different sports combined into one magnificent spectacle.