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According to Sky News, with just over 100 days to go until the Paris Olympics, the triathlon event could be delayed or the swim even cancelled due to poor water quality levels in the River Seine.
Despite millions of dollars being spent by authorities trying to make the river safe, the threat of E. coli still looms large.
Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet has said the event could be delayed, or the swimming leg cancelled altogether if water quality worsens.
This is because, he said, it could be adversely affected by weather conditions.
Heavy rain in the French capital could raise levels of E. coli in the water, making it unsafe to swim.
On Tuesday, as the countdown to the Games continues, the Surfrider Foundation Europe charity issued a warning that samples from the Seine showed dangerous levels of bacteria in the water.
They said that of 14 samples taken from the river, at the point where the triathlon and other events would take place, only one came back with "even satisfactory" water quality.
After finding evidence of E. coli, enterococci, intestinal bacteria and "formidable indicators of pollution of faecal origin", the charity said athletes swimming in the water will be "taking significant risks to their health".
Mr Estanguet has admitted weather could dictate whether or not they can use the river for the event.
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