Olympians who jumped in the Seine for this weeks triathlons are sharing some brutally honest reviews of the Parisian river.

The notoriously dirty waterway was finally deemed clean enough for competition on Wednesday, but several athletes admitted being in the water was still a less than pleasant experience.

It didnt taste great, New Zealands Ainsley Thorpe told The Wall Street Journal. Its a little bit brown.

That probably wasnt the feedback Olympics organizers were hoping for.

Getting the river ready for competition has been a serious project for Paris.

After investing $1.5 billion into a system to scrub the Seine of bacteria like E. coli, the city suffered a serious setback when heavy rainfall flushed gallons upon gallons of wastewater into the river over the weekend.