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Topics: Olympics, Sex and Relationships
Mia Williams
Topics: Olympics, Sex and Relationships
A former Olympian has revealed how getting 'down and dirty' is 'inevitable' amongst athletes in the Olympic Village.
It won't come as a surprise to anyone that athletes taking part in the Olympics is likely to have a bit of fun every now and again.
Their bodies are in peak physical condition ahead of the games, but when the day is done, a little bit of a release is reportedly on the cards.
Former Olympian, Susen Tiedtke, has previously spilt the tea about what goes down behind closed doors, or perhaps not-so-closed...
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The former long jumper, now 52, competed in the 1992 and 2000 Olympics.
During her time, she met her ex-husband Joe Greene, a fellow long jumper, during the Barcelona Games.
She opened up about the coaches advice surrounding sex, which was not to get involved before competing.
Talking to Bild, Tiedtke said: "When you have sex, the body first has to recharge itself energetically.
"After the competition, however, roommates were considerate if you needed the room for yourself …”
She noted that 'sex was always an issue in the village', despite there being a sex ban in place in previous years.
Athletes were given cardboard beds at the Tokyo games, leading many people to wrongly assuming that Olympic organisers did so to prevent any sexual activity amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Officials later made clear that the beds were in place because of their sustainability and sturdiness.
This year's Paris organisers issued an important to statement ahead of the action, which said: "We know the media has had a lot of fun with this story since Tokyo 2020, but for Paris 2024 the choice of these beds for the Olympic and Paralympic Village is primarily linked to a wider ambition to ensure minimal environmental impact and a second life for all equipment.”
Tiedtke explained that sex between athletes would sometimes go on until the early hours of the morning, to the point where sleeping could be difficult.
She said: "You always heard the ‘party’ of the others, sometimes you could hardly sleep.
"There is one party after another, then alcohol comes into play.
"It happens that people have sex and there are enough people who strive for that.”
And Tiedtke isn't the only one that has spoken out about the raunchy secrets.
Two-time gold medal-winning American soccer goalie Hope Solo, spoke to ESPN in 2012, saying: "I’ve seen people having sex right out in the open.
"On the grass, between buildings, people are getting down and dirty.”
Following years of the same thing going down, Olympic organisers have started to put safety measures in place.
In 2016, Rio organisers handed out a jaw-dropping 450,000 condoms to the randy athletes.