On the morning of June 6th, 19-year-old Arthur Germain arrived at the rural town of Source-Seine, in between two national forests in northeast France, and said goodbye to his girlfriend, his parents, ...

(SOUNDBITE) (French) SWIMMER AND PARIS MAYOR ANNE HIDALGO'S SON, ARTHUR GERMAIN, SAYING: "My challenge has been very difficult during the first two weeks. I lost five kilos at the start even though ...