First, France cleaned the polluted river so that Olympians could swim there. Now, a year later, it is opening three sites for locals to plunge in.

The famed Seine river in Paris opened to the public for swimming on Saturday for the first time in over a 100 years, a key victory for outgoing mayor Anne Hidalgo.

The French capital has created three swimming zones along the river as part of its Olympic legacy.France' s capital Paris reopened the Seine River to swimmers on Saturday for the first time in over a century.