TORONTO – When you mix intense pressure and excitement with a group of incredibly fit good-looking young athletes from all corners of the globe, sex is bound to happen.
Throw in an app that has a reputation for helping people hook up and sex is definitely going to happen.
It seems that athletes in the Olympic Village have taken a liking to Tinder – a dating app that suggests possible dates for the user based on their geographic location. The app has gained a reputation as a hookup app, because the user picks their matches based solely on looks.
In an interview with US Weekly, U.S. snowboarder Jamie Anderson admitted that the app is incredibly popular among athletes in the village.
“Tinder in the Olympic Village is next level. It’s all athletes,” Anderson said in the interview. “There are some cuties on there.”
Anderson said she found the app so distracting she had to delete it to concentrate on the competition.
It’s no secret that Olympic athletes love sex.
The Athletes Village has long been talked about as a place where athletes let loose – in fact, during the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, the original order of 70,000 condoms just wasn’t enough for athletes, prompting an order of 20,000 more and a new rule that 100,000 condoms would be available for every event thereafter.
Just after the Summer Olympics in London, ESPN reporter Sam Alipour published a risqué tell-all about sex in the Olympic Village – complete with the motto, “What happens in the village stays in the village.”
“After three months, I had 29 Olympians on record about parties, sex, orgies and some things that would make even Dennis Rodman blush,” Alipour said on writing the article.
But Tinder’s co-founder Justin Mateen has some words of advice for the athletes – keep it in your pants.
In an interview with TMZ, Mateen said, “Tinder is a great way to meet new people when you’re traveling and want to get the most out of your experience in a new city, but for now, focus on giving it your all while competing.”
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