With the Olympics now past the halfway point in Paris, athletes around the world are ready to relax now that their events are over – and one Australian sports great has confirmed the antics inside the village are wild.
Diver Matthew Mitcham, who won gold in the 10-metre platform at the 2008 Beijing Games, described the scenes as a “weird utopia where everyone is tall, beautiful and perfect”.
He said many athletes will be looking to leave Paris with lifelong memories, and not necessarily from their sporting activities.
“Athletes definitely just want to beat up athletes,” Mitcham said. News Corporation.
“The Olympic Village is a real feast. There are people of all shapes, sizes and ethnicities.”
He added that some of the competitors will be keen to meet famous non-competitors who have flocked to the French capital to watch the action, explaining: “The athletes are as big star bastards as everyone else.”
The after-hours development comes as dating apps have seen a surge in users around the Olympic village as thousands of athletes converged on the city in search of connections.
As the Olympics draw to a close in Paris, athletes around the world are ready to let their hair down – and Australian sporting great Matthew Mitcham has confirmed the antics inside the village are wild.
Mitcham said many athletes will be looking to leave Paris with lifelong memories, and they won’t necessarily be from their sporting pursuits (pictured is one of the so-called “anti-sex” cardboard beds that athletes are using in the village).
Sites such as Tinder, Bumble and Hinge have seen a surge in usage in the St Denis area (the location of the competitors’ base) as hundreds of new users swipe in a bid to find love.
Mitcham said gay dating app Grindr has put restrictions in place to prevent non-athletes from finding Olympic competitors’ profiles.
“That’s because there are thirsty queens in the outside world desperately trying to shag a jock inside the villa,” Mitcham said.
As one sprinter told the Daily Mail Australia: “When you get 14,500 of the world’s fittest athletes into an Olympic village… you can guess what’s going to happen.
“Before the Games, we don’t usually jump from one bed to another, but when the competition starts, we go crazy for it.”
Organizers distributed some 200,000 condoms at various points in the village complex, the equivalent of 14 for each athlete.
And the free condoms are available in blue, red, green and purple – the official colours of the Paris 2024 Games.
The athletes were also given tubes of lubricant to further replicate their sexual adventures.
Tales of wild celebrations at previous Olympic Games are the stuff of legend.
Perhaps the most famous athlete of modern times, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, was rumoured to have enjoyed a lively all-night party with three members of Sweden’s handball team shortly after winning the 100m final at London 2012.
And at the 2000 Sydney Games, a US team shooter declared: “I have never witnessed that level of debauchery in my entire life.
‘My apartment was like a brothel in the Olympic Village.
One athlete told the Daily Mail Australia: “When you put 14,500 of the world’s fittest athletes in an Olympic village… you can guess what’s going to happen.”
Organizers distributed around 200,000 condoms at various points around the complex, the equivalent of 14 for each athlete.
Jamaican superstar sprinter Usain Bolt is said to have enjoyed a lively all-night party with three members of Sweden’s handball team shortly after winning the 100m final at the London Games in 2012.
‘The entire women’s 4×100 relay team from a Scandinavian-looking country left the house one morning, followed by the USA track and field boys.’
Earlier this month, Australian swimming great Cate Campbell set pulses racing by revealing in a radio interview which sports will resonate most with other Olympic stars in Paris.
The retired pool star said rowers, water polo players and rugby stars are the athletes most likely to get frisky in the Olympic village, despite so-called “anti-sex” cardboard beds that have caused controversy in the official accommodation.
And in late July it was revealed that Australian athletes, team members and journalists covering the 2024 Games had received a one-off offer from a Paris strip club.
An adult-oriented cabaret and restaurant called Secret Square encouraged those involved in the Games to come to its venue by offering free entry.
The swashbuckling venue, located 19 kilometres from the athletes’ village, is known for the art of “French striptease” and is open until 4am.
“During their stay in Paris, the athletes, their team and journalists covering the event will not have to pay an entrance fee,” a spokesperson told TMZ.
Those wishing to enter can claim the special offer by showing their Olympic credentials upon arrival at the club.