Swimming leg at Paralympic test event cancelled due to bad water

The swimming leg of the International Triathlon Union's Paratriathlon World Cup in Tokyo, which doubles as a test event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, was cancelled Saturday due to poor water quality.According to organizers, the amount of E. coli bacteria found in a test conducted Friday of the water at Tokyo's Odaiba Marine Park was more than two times higher than the limit set by the ITU. The governing body classifies water quality into four categories, with Friday's test resulting in the lowest grade.The managing director of the Japan Triathlon Union, Shinichiro Otsuka,…READ FULL ARTICLE