Athletes are using dating apps at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Zweli Mbhele talks more about it on 947 Afternoons.

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Athletes at the Olympics are looking for more than medals

The world’s best athletes have gathered in Paris looking for medals, records… and romance?

Despite the infamous cardboard beds being both sustainable and ‘anti-sex’, the Olympic village has distributed over 300,000 condoms and contraceptives.

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“Things in the Olympic Village tend to get a little steamy.”

- Zweli Mbhele

Some athletes are even turning to dating apps during the games.

Tinder reported a 52% jump in the number of users with ‘Olympian’ as their job description.

Popular dating app Grindr does not want to be part of the antics, confirming it has turned off its location services in and around the village to protect athletes' privacy.

Team USA rower Emily Delleman shared her experience in a TikTok video. 

“Who’s to blame them, you’re out there with world athletes. You are going to find someone fit that is to your liking, someone who is not going to get annoyed when you say ‘wake up, we’re going to the gym.”

- Zweli Mbhele

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