From hook-ups to bed-hopping and orgies - life behind Olympic security
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'What happens in the Village, stays in the Village.'
So goes the unofficial slogan of the Olympic Games, which begins today in Paris. Over the next three weeks, the City of Love will play host to more than 14,000 athletes from 206 countries in the world's biggest festival of sporting competition, physical prowess and - so insiders say - sexual exploits.
For behind the scenes of the purpose-built Olympic Village, in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis, organisers are expecting a whole lot more than training sessions and early nights.
Hook-ups, one-night stands, bed-hopping, orgies, alfresco sex and wild parties are just some of the scandals reported at previous Games.
Indeed, so rife is misbehaviour at the Olympics, they've been compared to rock festivals, with some athletes claiming there is 'more sex than Woodstock'.
Writing about his experience inside the infamous Village, Matthew Syed, the former British table tennis star turned newspaper columnist, described it as a 'sex fest'.
'I got laid more often in those two-and-a-half weeks than in the rest of my life up to that point,' he said of his first Olympics in Barcelona in 1992.
American swimmer Ryan Lochte, who won 12 medals across four Olympics, estimated with studied precision that between 70 and 75 per cent of Olympians get intimate during the Games.
American swimmer Ryan Lochte, who won 12 medals across four Olympics, estimated that up to 75 per cent of Olympians get intimate during the Games
Former British table tennis star Matthew Syed described life inside the Olympic Village at his first Games in Barcelona in 1992 as a 'sex fest'
This year, of course, the competition is taking place in possibly the most romantic city on Earth, leading to speculation that it may be the raunchiest yet.
An astonishing 200,000 condoms will be provided to athletes in the Village - almost 20 for every single competitor. 'Male condoms with and without latex all with a lubricant pouch,' promises a spokesperson. An additional '20,000 female condoms' are on offer, too.
Though this isn't a record (at the Rio Olympics in 2016, organisers provided 450,000 condoms, as well as 175,000 packets of lubricant).
The condoms - branded with the Olympics mascot and slogans such as 'No need to be a gold medallist to wear it' and 'On the field of love, play fair and ask for consent' - have been given to athletes as part of their welcome pack.
Some have taken this as a sign of the liberal, almost encouraging, attitude to sex in the City of Love.
A policy of 'consent and pleasure' is in place in Paris, according to Laurent Dalard, in charge of first aid and health services at the Games.
Team GB diver Tom Daley jokingly tests the 'anti-sex' beds by doing rigorous jumps
Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan also posted on his social media about the beds, trying them out by even doing handstands
'There is a desire to be very inclusive,' he said at a recent press conference, adding that the organisers want the Olympics to 'feel very enthusiastic and comfortable'.
'It is very important that conviviality here is something big,' he explains.
One thing potentially getting in the way of excessive fraternising between athletes, however, is their beds - the so-called 'anti-sex' beds, which first appeared at the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, are made from cardboard and other sustainable materials in a bid to make them fully recyclable.
Several athletes, including Team GB diver Tom Daley and Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan, have posted videos about the beds on their social media accounts, jokingly 'testing' them by doing rigorous jumps, bounces and even handstands on the flimsy-looking structure.
So far, it seems, they stand up to the abuse.
And makers Airweave, the bed manufacturer, have good news for athletes concerned they might feel a tad lonely sleeping solo.
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'We've conducted experiments, like dropping weights on top of the beds,' a representative says.
'As long as they stick to just two people in the bed, they should be strong enough to support the load.'
It's all very different to the Tokyo Games held in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, of course.
There was an intimacy ban, with athletes warned not to get too close to one another - and certainly not engage in sexual relations.
As one anonymous competitor in Paris puts it: 'There's a lot of pent-up energy this time around.'
As you'd expect with such laser-focused professionals, the partying doesn't start immediately. According to Australian swimmer Bronte Campbell, the first week is about concentrating on your sport, with most of the major heats scheduled to take place. It's after that, when many competitors have been knocked out, that the fun starts.
'In the second week, everyone lets off a lot of steam.
'There's more than 10,000 athletes there, they're all young people in their mid-20s who are super-fit, and they're free for the first time in four years, so you can imagine there's a lot of excitement.'
The beds, manufactured by Airweave, are made from cardboard and other sustainable materials
Athletes will be housed in dorm-style accommodation
Inside the Olympic Village, which is protected by airport-style security, athletes are housed in dorm-style accommodation, categorised by country.
There are plenty of rules: no outsiders - no alcohol, no fraternising with the opposite sex in bedrooms - and some teams impose curfews between 10pm and 7am.
But rules, say many who've stayed in the Olympic Village in the past are made to be broken.
In The Secret Olympian, an anonymous book published shortly before London 2012, the author claims competitors regularly smuggle in booze in empty water bottles and host raucous parties that can last all night.
British athletes relax in a hot tub at the Olympic Village in Paris - unlike the antics at previous games, which turned into a 'whirlpool orgy'
'Having completed the competition, the athletes need to do something else to burn off their boundless energy,' the author reveals.
'No three-hour training runs or weight-lifting now… like thoroughbred racehorses which haven't had a run out for a while, they get frisky.
'You can almost smell a fine haze of testosterone and oestrogen wafting through the air.'
When it comes to hook-ups, it's not hard to meet like-minded, single sportsmen and women.
The use of dating apps soars in the Olympic Village locale, with Tinder previously reporting a rise in usage of almost 350 per cent (and an uptick in right swipes - or successful matches - by 565 per cent), showing just how eager athletes are to get together.
At Rio in 2016, profiles from athletes of nearly every sport could be found on Tinder, with updates including 'Got plenty of time to kill' and 'Looking for fun in Rio!'
Some of the facilities at the Olympic Village in Paris
A large gym will also be available at the complex in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis
At London 2012, the gay dating app Grindr reportedly crashed due to excessive use within hours of the athletes arriving at the Village. While extra-marital affairs website Illicit Encounters offered athletes at the London Olympics free membership during their stay in the capital - something many took full advantage of.
As Cammi Granato, a former Olympic ice hockey player, puts it: 'It's eye candy all the time. Everybody's checking everybody else out from the moment they get there.'
In Paris, competitors are spoilt for choice for communal areas to meet and mingle with others.
There's a vast canteen, several gyms, a coffee shop and an outdoor 'bar' serving alcohol-free Coronas, as well as a 'Village Club' with big screens to watch the sporting action and play table football or pool.
And, of course, a health clinic with a dedicated sexual health team that can treat up to 700 patients a day, should the need arise. Paris 2024 is particularly sensitive about STI prevention and will be using banners and flyers as part of an awareness campaign, a spokesperson said.
This may seem overkill for a setting that is, on the outside at least, dedicated to sport, but tales from Games gone by suggest that athletes are prone to taking things a little too far when it comes to their off-duty behaviour.
Hope Solo, a former football goalkeeper for Team USA, has revealed steamy goings-on at previous Olympic Games, including the admission she slept with a 'celebrity' athlete, by sneaking him into her room at Beijing in 2008.
'There's a lot of sex going on. Athletes are extremists.
'When they're training, it's laser focus. When they go out for a drink, it's 20 drinks.
'With a once-in-a-lifetime experience, you want to build memories, whether it's sexual, partying or on the field.
'I've seen people having sex right out in the open. On the grass, between buildings, people are getting down and dirty.'
Greek runner Alexi Pappas, who competed in 2016, recalled regular parties in the Village, 'often in the pool outside my building, and always well past my bedtime'.
So X-rated were the athletes at one previous Olympics - Seoul in 1988 - that the organising committee had to ban outdoor sex, after condoms (presumably thrown from bedroom windows) kept being found on the roof of athletes' accommodation.
Tom Daley, draped in the Union Flag, ahead of the Games starting
At the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in 2010, a group of Canadian, German and Austrian athletes reportedly had an orgy outside a house inside the Village.
'It was a late-night whirlpool party,' one participant admitted. 'It turned into a whirlpool orgy.'
So what about Team GB? While no athlete has gone on the record admitting to sexual exploits at the Games, plenty have shared anonymous stories that put their sporting prowess to shame.
Speaking after London 2012, a high-profile member of Team GB revealed he and a teammate had had a foursome with two Ukrainian competitors, whom they sneaked into their dorm room by bribing the security guard with Olympics-branded souvenirs.
'You have a lot of good-looking people wearing very little in the same place - of course things will happen,' he revealed.
'You could have slept with a different woman every other night of the Games if you wanted to. More if you had your own room, like some of the athletes did.
'In fact, some of the more arrogant athletes would say they could have a woman from a different country every night of the Games.'
Winning a medal, particularly if it's gold, he added, brings a sort of sexual currency which makes you irresistible.
'Everyone wants to talk to you, buy you a drink or just be seen with you.
'Members of the opposite sex approach and try desperately to get you into bed.'
Once their competition ends, or they're out of the medal contention, athletes are instructed to leave the Village within 48 hours, after which their security pass stops working.
These 48 hours, the anonymous Team GB athlete reveals, are when people misbehave the most, a last blast of freedom before returning home.
Some competitors leave the Village and go out to bars, clubs and even strip joints, where the better-known athletes are whisked to the front of queues and given special treatment.
For those content to stay in their dorms, there's no need to miss out: PornHub, the pornographic website, has noted spikes in viewers during successive Games.
That's not to say that life in the Olympic Village is all about shallow hook-ups; plenty have started meaningful relationships at the Games.
Track and field stars Ann Packer and her late husband Robbie Brightwell were the golden couple of the 1964 Olympics in Toyko - they later went on to marry and have three children.
Some meaningful relationships have also started at Games. Tennis star Roger Federer met his wife, Mirka Vavrinec, when they were both staying at the Olympic Village in Sydney in 2000
And tennis ace Roger Federer met his wife, Swiss tennis player Mirka Vavrinec, when they were both staying at the Olympic Village in Sydney in 2000, when he was 18 and she was 21.
'I guess over the two weeks, we built up some chemistry,' he said in a later interview, revealing that they shared their first kiss on the final day of the event.
With the excitement of Paris all before us, who knows what will happen behind the scenes at the Village where - as Matthew Syed puts it - it's 'as much about sex as… about sport'.
One thing's for certain: it's going to be a sizzling hot summer.
ParisTeam GBOlympics
So goes the unofficial slogan of the Olympic Games, which begins today in Paris. Over the next three weeks, the City of Love will play host to more than 14,000 athletes from 206 countries in the world's biggest festival of sporting competition, physical prowess and - so insiders say - sexual exploits.
For behind the scenes of the purpose-built Olympic Village, in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis, organisers are expecting a whole lot more than training sessions and early nights.
Hook-ups, one-night stands, bed-hopping, orgies, alfresco sex and wild parties are just some of the scandals reported at previous Games.
Indeed, so rife is misbehaviour at the Olympics, they've been compared to rock festivals, with some athletes claiming there is 'more sex than Woodstock'.
Writing about his experience inside the infamous Village, Matthew Syed, the former British table tennis star turned newspaper columnist, described it as a 'sex fest'.
'I got laid more often in those two-and-a-half weeks than in the rest of my life up to that point,' he said of his first Olympics in Barcelona in 1992.
American swimmer Ryan Lochte, who won 12 medals across four Olympics, estimated with studied precision that between 70 and 75 per cent of Olympians get intimate during the Games.
American swimmer Ryan Lochte, who won 12 medals across four Olympics, estimated that up to 75 per cent of Olympians get intimate during the Games
Former British table tennis star Matthew Syed described life inside the Olympic Village at his first Games in Barcelona in 1992 as a 'sex fest'
This year, of course, the competition is taking place in possibly the most romantic city on Earth, leading to speculation that it may be the raunchiest yet.
An astonishing 200,000 condoms will be provided to athletes in the Village - almost 20 for every single competitor. 'Male condoms with and without latex all with a lubricant pouch,' promises a spokesperson. An additional '20,000 female condoms' are on offer, too.
Though this isn't a record (at the Rio Olympics in 2016, organisers provided 450,000 condoms, as well as 175,000 packets of lubricant).
The condoms - branded with the Olympics mascot and slogans such as 'No need to be a gold medallist to wear it' and 'On the field of love, play fair and ask for consent' - have been given to athletes as part of their welcome pack.
Some have taken this as a sign of the liberal, almost encouraging, attitude to sex in the City of Love.
A policy of 'consent and pleasure' is in place in Paris, according to Laurent Dalard, in charge of first aid and health services at the Games.
Team GB diver Tom Daley jokingly tests the 'anti-sex' beds by doing rigorous jumps
Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan also posted on his social media about the beds, trying them out by even doing handstands
'There is a desire to be very inclusive,' he said at a recent press conference, adding that the organisers want the Olympics to 'feel very enthusiastic and comfortable'.
'It is very important that conviviality here is something big,' he explains.
One thing potentially getting in the way of excessive fraternising between athletes, however, is their beds - the so-called 'anti-sex' beds, which first appeared at the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, are made from cardboard and other sustainable materials in a bid to make them fully recyclable.
Several athletes, including Team GB diver Tom Daley and Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan, have posted videos about the beds on their social media accounts, jokingly 'testing' them by doing rigorous jumps, bounces and even handstands on the flimsy-looking structure.
So far, it seems, they stand up to the abuse.
And makers Airweave, the bed manufacturer, have good news for athletes concerned they might feel a tad lonely sleeping solo.
Read More
Why all eyes will be on Team GB's identical twins LAVIAI and LINA NIELSEN in Paris
'We've conducted experiments, like dropping weights on top of the beds,' a representative says.
'As long as they stick to just two people in the bed, they should be strong enough to support the load.'
It's all very different to the Tokyo Games held in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, of course.
There was an intimacy ban, with athletes warned not to get too close to one another - and certainly not engage in sexual relations.
As one anonymous competitor in Paris puts it: 'There's a lot of pent-up energy this time around.'
As you'd expect with such laser-focused professionals, the partying doesn't start immediately. According to Australian swimmer Bronte Campbell, the first week is about concentrating on your sport, with most of the major heats scheduled to take place. It's after that, when many competitors have been knocked out, that the fun starts.
'In the second week, everyone lets off a lot of steam.
'There's more than 10,000 athletes there, they're all young people in their mid-20s who are super-fit, and they're free for the first time in four years, so you can imagine there's a lot of excitement.'
The beds, manufactured by Airweave, are made from cardboard and other sustainable materials
Athletes will be housed in dorm-style accommodation
Inside the Olympic Village, which is protected by airport-style security, athletes are housed in dorm-style accommodation, categorised by country.
There are plenty of rules: no outsiders - no alcohol, no fraternising with the opposite sex in bedrooms - and some teams impose curfews between 10pm and 7am.
But rules, say many who've stayed in the Olympic Village in the past are made to be broken.
In The Secret Olympian, an anonymous book published shortly before London 2012, the author claims competitors regularly smuggle in booze in empty water bottles and host raucous parties that can last all night.
British athletes relax in a hot tub at the Olympic Village in Paris - unlike the antics at previous games, which turned into a 'whirlpool orgy'
'Having completed the competition, the athletes need to do something else to burn off their boundless energy,' the author reveals.
'No three-hour training runs or weight-lifting now… like thoroughbred racehorses which haven't had a run out for a while, they get frisky.
'You can almost smell a fine haze of testosterone and oestrogen wafting through the air.'
When it comes to hook-ups, it's not hard to meet like-minded, single sportsmen and women.
The use of dating apps soars in the Olympic Village locale, with Tinder previously reporting a rise in usage of almost 350 per cent (and an uptick in right swipes - or successful matches - by 565 per cent), showing just how eager athletes are to get together.
At Rio in 2016, profiles from athletes of nearly every sport could be found on Tinder, with updates including 'Got plenty of time to kill' and 'Looking for fun in Rio!'
Some of the facilities at the Olympic Village in Paris
A large gym will also be available at the complex in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis
At London 2012, the gay dating app Grindr reportedly crashed due to excessive use within hours of the athletes arriving at the Village. While extra-marital affairs website Illicit Encounters offered athletes at the London Olympics free membership during their stay in the capital - something many took full advantage of.
As Cammi Granato, a former Olympic ice hockey player, puts it: 'It's eye candy all the time. Everybody's checking everybody else out from the moment they get there.'
In Paris, competitors are spoilt for choice for communal areas to meet and mingle with others.
There's a vast canteen, several gyms, a coffee shop and an outdoor 'bar' serving alcohol-free Coronas, as well as a 'Village Club' with big screens to watch the sporting action and play table football or pool.
And, of course, a health clinic with a dedicated sexual health team that can treat up to 700 patients a day, should the need arise. Paris 2024 is particularly sensitive about STI prevention and will be using banners and flyers as part of an awareness campaign, a spokesperson said.
This may seem overkill for a setting that is, on the outside at least, dedicated to sport, but tales from Games gone by suggest that athletes are prone to taking things a little too far when it comes to their off-duty behaviour.
Hope Solo, a former football goalkeeper for Team USA, has revealed steamy goings-on at previous Olympic Games, including the admission she slept with a 'celebrity' athlete, by sneaking him into her room at Beijing in 2008.
'There's a lot of sex going on. Athletes are extremists.
'When they're training, it's laser focus. When they go out for a drink, it's 20 drinks.
'With a once-in-a-lifetime experience, you want to build memories, whether it's sexual, partying or on the field.
'I've seen people having sex right out in the open. On the grass, between buildings, people are getting down and dirty.'
Greek runner Alexi Pappas, who competed in 2016, recalled regular parties in the Village, 'often in the pool outside my building, and always well past my bedtime'.
So X-rated were the athletes at one previous Olympics - Seoul in 1988 - that the organising committee had to ban outdoor sex, after condoms (presumably thrown from bedroom windows) kept being found on the roof of athletes' accommodation.
Tom Daley, draped in the Union Flag, ahead of the Games starting
At the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in 2010, a group of Canadian, German and Austrian athletes reportedly had an orgy outside a house inside the Village.
'It was a late-night whirlpool party,' one participant admitted. 'It turned into a whirlpool orgy.'
So what about Team GB? While no athlete has gone on the record admitting to sexual exploits at the Games, plenty have shared anonymous stories that put their sporting prowess to shame.
Speaking after London 2012, a high-profile member of Team GB revealed he and a teammate had had a foursome with two Ukrainian competitors, whom they sneaked into their dorm room by bribing the security guard with Olympics-branded souvenirs.
'You have a lot of good-looking people wearing very little in the same place - of course things will happen,' he revealed.
'You could have slept with a different woman every other night of the Games if you wanted to. More if you had your own room, like some of the athletes did.
'In fact, some of the more arrogant athletes would say they could have a woman from a different country every night of the Games.'
Winning a medal, particularly if it's gold, he added, brings a sort of sexual currency which makes you irresistible.
'Everyone wants to talk to you, buy you a drink or just be seen with you.
'Members of the opposite sex approach and try desperately to get you into bed.'
Once their competition ends, or they're out of the medal contention, athletes are instructed to leave the Village within 48 hours, after which their security pass stops working.
These 48 hours, the anonymous Team GB athlete reveals, are when people misbehave the most, a last blast of freedom before returning home.
Some competitors leave the Village and go out to bars, clubs and even strip joints, where the better-known athletes are whisked to the front of queues and given special treatment.
For those content to stay in their dorms, there's no need to miss out: PornHub, the pornographic website, has noted spikes in viewers during successive Games.
That's not to say that life in the Olympic Village is all about shallow hook-ups; plenty have started meaningful relationships at the Games.
Track and field stars Ann Packer and her late husband Robbie Brightwell were the golden couple of the 1964 Olympics in Toyko - they later went on to marry and have three children.
Some meaningful relationships have also started at Games. Tennis star Roger Federer met his wife, Mirka Vavrinec, when they were both staying at the Olympic Village in Sydney in 2000
And tennis ace Roger Federer met his wife, Swiss tennis player Mirka Vavrinec, when they were both staying at the Olympic Village in Sydney in 2000, when he was 18 and she was 21.
'I guess over the two weeks, we built up some chemistry,' he said in a later interview, revealing that they shared their first kiss on the final day of the event.
With the excitement of Paris all before us, who knows what will happen behind the scenes at the Village where - as Matthew Syed puts it - it's 'as much about sex as… about sport'.
One thing's for certain: it's going to be a sizzling hot summer.
ParisTeam GBOlympics
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