Athletes get cardboard beds to reduce s3x scandal at Paris 2024 Olympics
Organisers of the Olympic Games are planning to provide cardboard beds for athletes in the Paris 2024 Games Village.
Olympic news website, Inside the Games, has reported that the decision is simply to reduce athletes’ promiscuity.
The use of cardboard bed was first implemented at the Tokyo 2020 held in 2021.
It is gathered that the decision had its root in 2016 games in Rio Brazil. Then, there was a sex scandal involving a diver, Ingrid Olivera and rower, Pedro Goncalves.
Oliveira recounted that although news of their encounters leaked and reached the Brazilian Olympic Committee, her impeccable record allowed her to continue competing.
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However, the situation subjected her to a “painful public scrutiny.”
She was not alone in admitting that sexual relationships are common in the Olympic Village.
To justify her actions, she reportedly mentioned the famous sprinter Usain Bolt, who was also involved in similar situations without receiving as much media attention.
“They distributed an impressive number of condoms in the Olympic Village. Were they for making balloons? Bolt brought a girl without credentials to his room, and many used Tinder.
But those cases didn’t get leaked,” Oliveira remarked, frustrated by the injustice she experienced and still experiences to a lesser extent today.
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