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Topics: Olympics
Luke Davies
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that an X-rated item is being handed out at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games.
Athletes from 92 countries are currently taking part in the Winter Olympics in Northern Italy, with around 2,900 athletes participating in the 19-day event.
And in line with tradition, the competitors are housed in the Olympic Village.
According to Olympics.com, the village is designed to house 1,599 residents across six residential buildings, which span 1,154 rooms and 1,700 beds.
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The facilities include a state-of-the-art fitness centre as well as a dining hall that serves 3,400 meals on a daily basis.
Around 3,000 eggs and 450 kilograms of pasta are prepared to fuel athletes each day, with 100 staff members and 208 volunteers working night and day to ensure the village is up to standard.
Despite athletes for the most part being consummate professionals, once their events are over, they tend to let their hair down and celebrate their achievements.
In previous Games, there have been several reports of athletes engaging in sexual activity and holding parties at the village.
During the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games, one skier even revealed that a group of athletes participated in a ‘while pool orgy’.
Speaking to ESPN, in 2012, a former US Alpine skier claimed: “You could win a gold medal and sleep with a really hot guy.”
Meanwhile, former USWNT football goalkeeper Hope Solo said: “Athletes are extremists.
"When they're training, it's laser focus. When they go out for a drink, it's 20 drinks. With a once-in-a-lifetime experience, you want to build memories, whether it's sexual, partying or on the field. I've seen people having sex right out in the open. On the grass, between buildings, people are getting down and dirty."
At the 2000 Games in Sydney, the 70,000 condoms provided by organisers did not do the job, with an additional 20,000 to 30,000 ordered during the event after an unexpected high demand.
Last week, SPORTbible reached out to the IOC for information on the preparations for athletes’ sexual activity at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games, to which the organisation replied: “In line with tradition during the Olympic Games, free access to condoms has historically been guaranteed to athletes in the Olympic villages as part of preventive measures. To date, more than 9,700 male and female condoms have been made available in various territories. Additional supplies will be provided if necessary throughout the duration of the Olympic Games.”
Olympian Susen Tiedtke, a German former long jumper, opened up about the topic when she spoke to BILD in 2021 and revealed the reason athletes have so much sex at the Games.
“The athletes are at their physical peak at the Olympics. When the competition is over, they want to release their energy," Tiedtke said.
"When the competition is over, they want to live out their energy, there is one party after the other, and then alcohol comes into play.
"It happens that you have sex, and there are enough people who also strive for that."