They have been training tirelessly for months ahead of the Winter Olympics which kicks off at Pyeongchang this week.
But it seems even top athletes can’t resist a bit of romance and dozens have been taking to Tinder to look for love as the 18-day tournament kicks off.
Some of the world’s finest sportsmen and women have been cropping up on the popular dating app, if a new Instagram page is to be believed.
Their profiles have been collated on @tinderpyeongchang, which is documenting dozens of ski jumpers, figure skaters and snowboarders on the hunt for a date in the athletes’ living quarters.
Swipe right for Pyeongchang fun: Team GB’s luge star Rupert Staudinger, 20, appears to be one of the romantic hopefuls looking for love on the popular dating app
Would you swipe right? Photos of Canadian luge star Brooke Apshkrum appear to have cropped up on the site – although the athlete actual age is 18
Stunning US snowboarder Jessika Jenson, 26, has made an appearance on Tinder. It comes just days after it was revealed that organisers are handing out a record number of condoms
Danish skier Laila Friis Salling, 32, appears to be looking for a date on Tinder according to @tinderpyeongchang , which is documenting athletes on the hunt for a date
The page, which has posted 40 profiles so far, includes profiles from Great Britain, Argentina and Denmark, and boasts that a ‘high volume of posts [is] expected’.
Team GB’s luge star Rupert Staudinger, 20, is one of the romantic hopefuls looking for love on the app.
The majority of the athletes (around 3,500) will be housed in Alpensia, with the remaining 2,700 athletes staying at Gangneung, according to Kyodo News.
Australian snowboarder Jarryd Hughes, 22, has been spotted on the dating app this week.The majority of the athletes (around 3,500) will be housed in Alpensia, with the remaining 2,700 athletes staying at Gangneung
US skier Wiley Maple, 27, appears to be looking for love on the dating app after images of him cycling shirtless holding a sledgehammer emerged online
Stunning Norwegian freestyle skier Hedvig Wessel appears to be looking for love on the app. The page, which has posted 40 profiles so far, includes profiles from Great Britain
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Alpine skier Kim Vanreusel, 20, from Belgium is hoping a fellow athlete will swipe right on her profile. The Instagram page boasts that a ‘high volume of posts [is] expected’
Chilean freestyle skier Dominique Ohaco, 22, is just one of dozens of ahtletes reportedly looking for love on the popular dating app this week
Irish Alpine skier Tess Arbez, 20, has been spotted looking for a date on Tinder at Pyeonchang according to the new Instagram page which has already clocked up dozens of followers
Norwegian ski jumper Maren Lundby, 23, has appeared on the dating app although the authenticity of the athletes’ dating profiles has not been verified
This ‘Alpine skiing coach’, known only as Pat, jokes that he is ‘looking for a nurse to take care of him’ after posting pictures of him hooked up to wires in hospital
US snowboarding star Arielle Gold, 21, has made a surprise appearance on the dating app too. It comes just two days after it was revealed that organisers are handing out a record number of condoms at this month’s Winter Games ahead of Friday’s Opening Ceremony
US Nordic skiier Jasper Good, 21, has been spotted on the dating app. Following Friday night’s Opening Ceremony, the medal events will kick off on Saturday
Belgian bobsleigh star Elfje Willemsen, 33, has also made an appearance on the popular dating app according to Instagram page Tinder Pyeongchang
It comes just two days after it was revealed that organisers are handing out a record number of condoms at this month’s Winter Games ahead of Friday’s Opening Ceremony.
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’.
Following Friday night’s Opening Ceremony, the medal events will kick off on Saturday with women’s cross country skiing, followed by men’s short-track speed skating.