All of this adds up to Paris, where those rules will be looser. Generally speaking, Paris “will definitely be a very different experience than Tokyo,” Ilona Maher, a rugby player for the U.S. team who competed in Japan, tells SELF. For starters, there will be no “restrictions on sexual activity,” according to Ciovino. “Paris 2024 has not imposed any restrictions in this regard, and we have not been asked to implement them,” she says. And, in any case, Maher says, the IOC “is not policing what people are doing in the village.”
Players will still have to contend with cardboard beds (14,250 of them to be exact), but according to Ciovino, they probably won’t be as much of a deterrent as you might think. Their robustness is debated.Maher points out that Olympic athletes are not the demographic that needs physical support: “You think Olympians, the top 1% of athletes in the world, are going to be deterred by cardboard?” she asked. TikTok in May “Best friends,” she captioned the photo, “We’re awesome at what we do, but if we saw a cardboard bed we’d be like, ‘Uh, sorry, we can’t get laid tonight, it’s cardboard, what do we do?’ Nope. Okay? They’ll find a way.”
Moreover, organizers appear to have considered the possibility (or inevitability) of R-rated mayhem among Olympic athletes when planning the Paris Games, and arriving teams will have ample protection — a continuation of a tradition that began in Seoul in the 1980s to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS. CBS SportsIn total, organizers have stockpiled 200,000 male condoms with latex, 10,000 male condoms without latex, 20,000 female condoms and 10,000 oral condoms, Ciovino said.
“There are definitely condom vending machines everywhere,” Des Linden, an American marathon runner who competed in the London 2012 and Rio 2016 marathons, told SELF.
Do the math: there will be around 10,500 Olympic athletes, so each one will need around 23 condoms. While this figure may seem terribly high, it’s important to note that the free distribution is not just aimed at immediate action. “The number of condom orders is in no way a reflection of the sexual behavior of athletes,” Chovino says, adding that the number is comparable to past Olympics. On the contrary, she clarifies that the main aim of the condom policy is “to raise awareness among athletes about STIs and how they are transmitted.” In fact, STI prevention is one of the two pillars of the Paris Olympics’ prevention policy, reflecting Chovino’s concern about a resurgence of STIs. To that end, village clinics will provide preventive STI testing services. And athletes will be able to get tested for STIs at the Olympics. do If you do contract a sexually transmitted disease, the clinic is ready to begin treatment.
Regardless of the purpose of condoms, athletes should Intention Laurent Michaud, director of the Paris Olympic Village, said: Sky News The Village will have a lounge and an alcohol-free sports bar. “We wanted to create a place where athletes can get excited, feel comfortable, talk, discuss, and share the same core values about sports,” he says. Even without alcohol, it’s easy to imagine people doing more than just talking. And even if you’re not interested in the bar scene, there will be plenty of great opportunities to meet people. In addition to the lounge and sports bar, Chovino says the Village will have several shared spaces and public facilities, including a post office, a mini-market, a hair salon, and a medical clinic. (Admittedly, it’s not the hottest place, but hey, you never know.)