When you cram the bodies of the fittest people in the world into one small living space, things are bound to heat up.
Which is why organizers are handing out a record number of condoms – predicted to reach a whopping total of 110,000 prophylactics – at this month’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
However, when it comes to the intimate – and rather dirty – details, most Olympians go by the mantra ‘what happens in the Olympic Village, stays in the Olympic Village’ – at least that’s how it appears in a recent Cosmopolitan.com video.
Cheeky: Olympic and Paralympic athletes dish on the hook-up scene in the Olympic Village, with Andrew Kurka, a Paralympic alpine skier, saying that the condoms are ‘Olympic strong’
Touchy subject: Skeleton athlete John Daly (right) insists that hook-ups are inevitable, while freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy reveals that someone lost their virginity in the village last time
Jokers: A blushing Mirai Nagasu giggles as she insists she won’t be participating as she is in a happy relationship
The publication sat down with a host of Team USA’s top gold medal hopefuls and asked them just what happens when all those stunning athletes retreat to their space away from the throngs of sports fans.
Of course, none of them where willing to dish on the specifics of their own personal hook-ups, but neither could they deny the obvious.
‘It happens! Incredibly good-looking [athletes], perfect bodies, tight Spandex. Of course there’s gonna be some hooking up! Would you expect anything else!?’ said Skeleton athlete John Daly.
‘The condoms are Olympic strong,’ joked a shirtless Andrew Kurka, a Paralympic alpine skier, while Olympic alpine skier Laurenne Ross exclaimed: ‘I hooked up with everyone!’
Figure skater Adam Rippon credited some of the hook-up culture down to the condoms themselves, saying that people couldn’t resist taking the ‘condoms with Olympic rings on them’ and cheekily suggesting that many others would like do the same thing if given the chance.
Alpine skier Steve Nyman, meanwhile, blamed the cold weather: ‘It’s the Winter Olympics, it’s cold, and you need to snuggle!’
Freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy thought about his answer at first in an effort to not be too ‘gossipy’ but then revealed that there was possible ‘loss of virginity’ in the USA Olympic Village at the last Winter Games.
A number of other athletes were considerably more cagey as they head to the Games in serious relationships.
A little encouragement: Figure skater Adam Rippon suggests that handing out condoms with ‘Olympic Rings on them’ just encourages hook-ups
Not so much: Many athletes stayed mum on the idea, given that they are heading to the Games with girlfriends
Party on: There will be a record-breaking more than 110,000 condoms handed out in the Olympic villages this year
‘I’m very happily in a relationship, but if… hm. No, I’m happy in my relationship, thank you!’ said a blushing Mirai Nagasu, one of the members of the figure skating team.
Some athletes like Amy Purdy and Evan Strong of the Paralympic snowboarding team and claimed ignorance entirely, with Evan branding himself ‘a square’.
Luge athlete Chris Mazdzer, on the other hand, seemed to already know all the tricks, saying: ‘Use your phone. There’s so many applications. It’s pretty easy! So, Bumble, Tinder, easy!’
‘My last Olympics was when I first learned about Tinder,’ admitted snowboarder Jamie Anderson.
‘And it was the best place to go because everybody on it was just a bunch of hot babe Olympians.’
With nearly 3,000 athletes taking part in this year’s Games, the number of condoms distributed equates to an average of 37.6 per sportsman and sportswoman – they will be made available to all participants at both men’s and women’s toilets in the Villages.
‘Baskets with condoms will be placed at both men’s and women’s toilets at athletes’ villages in Pyeongchang and Gangneung, the main press center, the media village as well as medical centers, the organizers said.
Rubber manufacturer Convenience Co has donated 100,000 of the condoms, saying it did so for ‘a successful hosting of the Winter Olympics and the prevention of the spread of the HIV virus’.