I am often asked if the Olympic village - the vast restaurant and housing
conglomeration that hosts the world's top athletes for the duration of the
Games - is the sex-fest it is cracked up to be. My answer is always the
same: too right it is. I played my first Games in Barcelona in 1992 and got
laid more often in those two and a half weeks than in the rest of my life up
to that point. That is to say twice, which may not sound a lot, but for a
21-year-old undergraduate with crooked teeth, it was a minor miracle.
Barcelona was, for many of us Olympic virgins, as much about sex as it was
about sport. There were the gorgeous hostesses - there to assist the
athletes - in their bright yellow shirts and black skirts; there were the
indigenous lovelies who came to watch the competitions. And then there were
the female athletes - literally thousands of them - strutting, shimmying,
sashaying and jogging around the village, clad in Lycra and exposing yard
upon yard of shiny, toned, rippling and unimaginably exotic flesh. Women
from all the countries of the world: muscular, virile, athletic and oozing
oestrogen. I spent so much time in a state of lust that I could have passed
out. Indeed, for all I knew I did pass out - in a place like that how was
one to tell the difference between dreamland and reality?
It was not just the guys. The women, too, seemed in thrall to their hormones,
throwing around daring glances and dynamite smiles like confetti. No meal or
coffee break was complete without a breathless conversation with a lithe
long jumper from Cuba or an Amazonian badminton player from Sweden, the
mutual longing so evident it was almost comical. It was an effort of will to
keep everything in check until competition had finished. But, once we were
eliminated from our respective competitions, we lunged at each other like
suicidal fencers. There may have been a fair amount of gay sex going on, too
- but given the notorious homophobia in sport it was rather more covert.
This sex fest was not limited to Barcelona: the same thing happened in Sydney
in 2000, my second Olympics as an athlete, and is happening right here in
Beijing, where this time I'm a commentator. I spoke to an Aussie table
tennis player this week to check out the village vibe and he launched into
the breathless patter common to any Olympic debutant: “It is unbelievable in
there; everyone is totally crazy once they are out of their competitions.
God knows what it is going to be like this weekend. It is like a world
within a world.” A British runner (anonymous again: athletes are not
supposed to talk to journalists unaccompanied by a PR type, least of all
about sex) said: “The swimmers finished earlier in the week and it was like
there was an eruption.”
Ah yes, the swimmers. For some reason the International Olympic Committee
insists on bunching the swimming events towards the beginning of the Games
with the inevitable consequence that the aquatics folk get going earlier -
sexually I mean - than everyone else. So much so that, at the outset of the
Sydney Olympics, Jonathan Edwards, a Christian and triple jumper
extraordinaire, caused a ripple by telling them publicly to keep a lid on
it. Edwards was simply concerned about getting woken up by creaking
floorboards, but given his biblical credentials, it became a story about
morality. Not that his intervention made a blind bit of difference. There is
a famous story from Seoul in 1988 that there were so many used condoms on
the roof terrace of the British team's residential block the night after the
swimming concluded that the British Olympic Association sent out an edict
banning outdoor sex. Here in Beijing, organisers have realised that such
prohibitions are about as useful as banning breathing and have, instead,
handed out thousands of free condoms to the athletes. If you can't stop 'em,
at least make it safe.
Which all begs a question, or possibly many questions. First, and most
importantly, how can one get access to the village? The bad news is that you
can't, unless, of course, you happen to be an athlete with the relevant
accreditation. But secondly, where does this furnace of sexual energy come
from? Or, to put it another way, why do sportsmen and women have such
explosive libidos? I am not implying, for one moment, that every athlete in
Beijing is at it. Just that 99 per cent of them are.
Before we get to that, however, it is worth noting an intriguing dichotomy
between the sexes in respect of all this coupling. The chaps who win gold
medals - even those as geeky as Michael Phelps - are the principal objects
of desire for many female athletes. There is something about sporting
success that makes a certain type of woman go crazy - smiling, flirting and
sometimes even grabbing at the chaps who have done the business in the pool
or on the track. An Olympic gold medal is not merely a route to fame and
fortune; it is also a surefire ticket to writhe.
But - and this is the thing - success does not work both ways. Gold-medal
winning female athletes are not looked upon by male athletes with any more
desire than those who flunked out in the first round. It is sometimes even
considered a defect, as if there is something downright unfeminine about all
that striving, fist pumping and incontinent sweating. Sport, in this
respect, is a reflection of wider society, where male success is a universal
desirable whereas female success is sexually ambiguous. I do not condone
this phenomenon, merely note it. Not all athletes are finely tuned specimens
of perfect physical health, of course. A fair number are smokers, not
prepared to give up despite the nagging of coaches and physiologists. At
Barcelona, there was an area where the puffers would congregate near the
transport mall. At the table tennis events in Beijing, a male player from
Serbia and another from Greece have often been out catching a drag during
breaks in play.
But let us get back to all the sex going down in the village. One possible
explanation centres on the fact that Olympic athletes have to display an
unnatural (and, it has to be said, wholly unhealthy) level of
self-discipline in the build-up to big competitions. How else is this going
to manifest itself than with a volcanic release of pent-up hedonism? It is a
common sight to see recently knocked-out athletes gorging on Magnums and
McDonald's, swilling alcohol and, of course, shagging like crazy. Sometimes
all three at the same time. Yet this can be only a part of the explanation
because most of the athletes I know are as up for it before and during
competition as they are in the immediate aftermath. It is as if sportsmen
and women have a higher base level of sexual energy. But why? Can it be that
one of the underlying drivers of sporting greatness is also the very thing
that produces an overactive sex drive?
If so, you can bet your Olympic accreditation that testosterone is implicated.
Testosterone is the hormone responsible for many of the differences between
the sexes and is also a key physiological driver of aggression,
competitiveness and virility. This is particularly so with regard to women.
The dual effect of testosterone on female sporting performance and sexuality
was demonstrated - somewhat sinisterly - during the state-sponsored doping
programme in East Germany. An average teenage girl produces around half a
milligram of testosterone per day. In the mid-1980s German female athletes
were doped with around 30 milligrams of androgenic steroids per day. The
effect on sporting performance was breathtaking - East German women
dominated the world in swimming and athletics - but it also produced libidos
(according to the testimony of the athletes themselves) that spiraled out of
control.
This is not to say that the athletes in the village are all on steroids, or
that elevated levels of testosterone inevitably lead to lots of sex. It is
merely to say that, at a population level, higher naturally occurring levels
of testosterone in both genders would provide a powerful explanation for the
combination of sporting prowess and sexual potency.
I also think it is significant that, for most athletes, the village is
thousands of miles from home. The old “what goes on tour stays on tour”
mantra is still alive and kicking, not just in sport but beyond. There is
something deepseated in humanity that leads us to play by different rules
whenever we leave town, a phenomenon that has caused instances of terrible
inhumanity. When it comes to sex, it simply means that those in
relationships no longer recognise, or at least ignore, the boundaries of
fidelity and honesty that underpin human monogamy. Philosophers call it
moral relativism; the rest of us call it hypocrisy.
Am I the only one who finds athletes repulsive?
Honestly all those muscles have to be the most disgusting thing you can imagine on a woman.
luca, turin, italy
Pete Reed - phwooooaaaaarrrrr!!!
Jane Hamilton, London, England
Great article. Never imagined it to be like this.
Now I know why they say "its not the winning that counts its the taking part".
Long live the olympic movement...
Alan, Bucharest,
I'm well trained in chest game maybe it will be included as a sport!
C.B., Montreal, Canada
Its not just the Olympics - ask any business man or woman who travels and anyone who takes a holiday wihout their spouse. Take us out of our normal environment and we want to fool around.
Michael, London, UK
This is such a surpise, I always thought of the Olympians as being so dedicated to sport that they had no sex lives or anything. Maybe this is actually the first time in their lives that they get to do it?
Why wasn't Danish swimmer Lotte Friis on the list of the gorgeous?? She's totally yummy!!
OH, Norfolk,
Sounds just like an Open University summer school, except there's even more drug taking at the summer school.
Colin Soames, London,
This same story theme pops ups every time the olympics is on, why doesnt anyone do an article like this on the paralympians?
Damain , melb., aus.
WHO CARES? Surely you have more to write about that this tripe.
BDR, Brisbane,
I just have to correct a few of you who have got so carried away with this story that you have failed to 'get it'. Yes the Russian pole vaulter did get gold - but the Silver Award was given in the Sexy Stakes! Enjoyable reading!
Miss Young, Stoke on Trent, England
Thats it, I'm honing my ping pong skills for the next 4 years so I can go to the olympics. To be safe I better get my archery up to scratch or sailing or anything else. Good on them.
Kingy, London, UK
Absolutely Fantastic Article!!
Very well written!!
Cheers
Chetan, sECUNDERABAD, INDIA
is that a male or female backside in the photo?
Stu, London, UK
I used to be a swimmer and you have to remember that at the olympics, after months of hard training and weeks of 'tapering', you're at your physical / sexual peak. After all the self discipline and the stressful week of competing all you want to do is let your hair down and get drunk and laid.
Miles, London, UK
Great and original article. Congratulations !.
Ricardo, Madrid, Spain
Why would you bring religion into this?
Phil, Nevada, US
Unfortunately, Jayne, you weren't paying attention to the article.
The author was listing his medal contenders for being hot, not what they actually achieved in the games themselves.
Paul, Toronto, Canada
Thanks for a great article!
Flashback to and fond memories of my 1992 summer Olympics participation.
And you're right: There is no place like the Olympic Village! :-)
Sandy Mamoli, Welllington, New Zealand
I can confirm that all this is true. I volunteered for the world university games in the 80s. So start signing up for the 2012 games now, those cards you hang around your neck are worth their weight in gold.
Sue, alberta, canada
I hope this article will work wonders for getting teens to take sports success more seriously!
Joe, London, UK
Where are we going with all this. Put cameras in? I don't care what the hell they do. Another salacious voyeuristic invasion of privacy. If you can believe half of it.
Kevin Straw, Leicester,
Nothing compared with a hall of residence at a British university!
Phil Bailey, Shrewsbury, UK
I'm beyond jealous. If only I wasn't so lazy, I could have been an athlete. Maybe. And it doesn't help that I've been single a wee while and then reading this article... I second Kevin, I'll be willing to "help out" at 2012, as long as I get paid, in a good way!
Kat, Dundee,
The 2012 London Olympics cannot compete with Peking.
The money is simply not available. To save money we should scrap the Olympic village, and ( as in 1948) put the athletes in Bed & Breakfast accommodation with strict landladies. They can then catch a coach every morning to their venue.
Peter, Maidstone, UK
Refreshingly honest article, Matt! Nice work.
Adi Turner
adrian turner, london,
The only reason that I see why the foreign athletes want to meet their British colleagues is not sex but the English language.
They are happy to talk English and learn some grammatical rules
for free.
Sex is just a part of grammatical exercises!
Bassim, Uppsala, Sweden
Even the losers are winners
2012 here we come
TT, london, UK
That does it! Weren't they calling for 2012 volunteers? They'll get my helping hands. And I know exactly what my preferred choice of venue is and they'd darn better give me the night shifts :-)
kevin, oxford,
I had much fun reading this article... It was obvious that something like that happens, but it's always good to know it from a participant!
I just go to the timesonline and now its on my faves. I with that I had found it before. I wish that -our- journalists wrote things like this in their blogs.
Cesar, Córdoba, Argentina
did isinbayeva not get gold, rather than silver as noted above?
cat, london,
This article confirms what most of us have debated and at times argued upon. The Olympians may not be Camus's fan but they do tend to question their simulated existence in an olympic village. The result is a sex-rebel. Human tendencies... isn't it?
Gunjan Mishra, New Delhi, India
Sounds like working in the city...
Nikki, London, UK
What's most bizarre is the photo the Times uses with this story. It's a green, tight speedo-type bikini bottom. If it's a man, where the evidence, that should be at least partially visible from behind? If it's a woman, why is there so much hair above the waistline and on the upper legs? Yikes!
MaryAnn Masucci, Canterbury, UK
I just wonder if, like every other place where people gather, a small minority of men in the village are having sex with quite a few women, and the rest are having none.
Robert, Wison, NC, USA
Funny, well written and so true! The athletes are great, I love them, BJ 2008 will stay one of my best memories ever (and no, I'm not talking about the Bird's Nest)
Haters, you just don't have a clue what it is all about ! :)
Lili, Beijing,
Put young men and women in a situation where they can "get it on" and hello! they will. Don't matter if you are athletic or not - believe me - I should know!! ( I still remember what it is for!)
JJ, Auckland, NZ
I'm jealous, and even wish I were there; but still, I have no respect for this kind of thing, i.e. "hook ups" without feelings, lack of commitment, etc. It's a blast(!), but destructive at the same time. One can appreciate this after some effort to discover the other side of human relationships.
Robert Eidschun, New York, USA
I know how to swim can i go to the olympics pleaseee? can i can i ? Where do you get the tickets to use the pool??
javardo, puta velha, spain
Apparently some 'older' athletes have been failing their dope tests with traces of viagra... tut tut...
James Wylie, Berko, UK
People here just eat this stuff right up, i.e. they're suckers for it, the media has lured them in, the advertisers have gotten their attention, etc. Mindless, polarized commentary & no pride in alternatives. Are there any other worthwhile values? Well of course not, unless you're a looser!
Robert Eidschun, Paris, France
Apparently the author was paying so much attention to the sexual activities of the athletes he missed the sporting events. Yelena from Russia won gold in Pole Vaulting and set another world record (her 24th I believe).
Jayne, Westwood, MA
Interesting article, but so sad. All sexual promiscuity produces is guilt and mental problems in later years. It proves that people never change, that they have no self control. Being physically fit does increase libido but people need to be responsible with it. Remember Sodom and Gomorrah.
Paul Grogan, Redditch, England
Based on what I saw in college, swimmers were way more oversexed than other athletes anyway (years of sensory deprivation from doing endless laps?) Combine that with an early end to their events, and I'm not surprised they're at the center of this big orgy. Great article!
Pasty, Philadelphia, US
Ahhh God bless them. They deserve a bit of fun between the sheets after all their hard work!
JS, Townsville, Australia
Woohoo, I am gonna get super fit for 2012
Neil, Manchester,
Stephanie Rice is way hotter than those three women put together
chris, Melbourne,
Great article, Gold Medal as has been said. Probably nearer the truth to events in China in past fortnight.
It is mankind's base nature, why would we nreaders be surprised at athletes' human behaviour?
LL, Chicago, USA
Where do I sign up for London 2012?
Maria, Porto, Portugal
"Without Jesus Christ= no hope."
I am sure the orgy will continue without him Chan.
Alex, London,
Good luck to them.You are only young once.
M P L ISRAEL
MART, EILAT, ISRAEL
What a namby pamby article. I want names and phone numbers.
David A, Cairns, Australia
Why on earth didn't anyone let me know about this earlier? I might have tried to be a volunteer in the village...
Wang, Beijing, China
The credibility of this author, a former Olympian, makes this article very interesting and credible. However, when you think about the situtation, it shouldn't be much of a surprise.
Jay, New Orleans, Louisiana , USA
What a life our athletes lead.. :)
A C, Derbyshire,
Why on earth didn't anyone let me know about this earlier? I might have tried a little harder at school in gym...
jen, Notting Hill, uk
So why are your pictures only of the scantily-clad female athletes?
There are many men dressed in a similar fashion- why not show pictures of them as well, close up as you do with the women?
You are being very discriminatory.
Lisa, New York , USA
This article is a very well written reflection of the true Olympic spirit and of the World as a Village. A stadium full of highly charged young human beings in perfect working order. As for the "anti smut " brigade, take the cork out people. High time this was an Olympic event. Who would be on top?
David Henderson, Glasgow, United Kingdom
You forgot Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner. He helped her get back in shape, and she married him. Now they have a gymnastics school in Oklahoma.
Jinx, Granada Hills, LA, CA, USA
Good for them!! All of those years of training, I imagine there is a lot of pent up enery not worked out in the pool or the track!
Susan, Denver, USA
Good for them. It's great to be young lithe and very, very fit!
Tayo Ronald Afuwape, Canterbury, UK
Nature makes fit people sexually attractive to each other in order to perfect the human race.
Mike Freeman, Amsterdam, Holland
What a salutary warning to avoid athletes!
They've got other peoples' fingerprints all over them...
Ick!
Dazza, Wellington,
Ran into some Kiwis while out in Sanlitun the other night. They had been eliminated from their competition and were really cutting loose. To say that there was sexual energy flowing off of these ladies woiuld be a massive understatement. Wow.
Mike, Beijing, China
Just think of the next generation of Olympics athletes that come from such a gene pool!
Frank, toronto, Canada
That was the most awesome Olympics-related article I've read since Beijing 2008 started.
Drake, Alabama, US
Just look out for the athletes who look "itchy " and are constantly adjusting their undergarments! EEEEK!
J Kerr, Edinburgh, Scotland
Well written and down right funny article. Thanks.
asha, Chicago, IL
It is known sex is very useful for sportswomen before starts. At the same time there is a recommendation for sportsmen to avoid sex at an emulative period. It looks like IOC discriminates men in Marathon race to start on the latest day of Olympic Games unlike men-swimmers. :)
Alexey, Moscow,
That was hilarious. I loved it.
Katie, Ontario, Canada
Great article! If memory serves, and it does, Peter Reed, along with 3 other very good looking men, WON the men's 4- rowing. Methinks being a gold medal winner he will be in more demand than the article might suggest...
SP, London,
Congratulations, man!
Your article is a Gold Medal. Funny and very informative.
Giancarlo , Brasilia, BRAZIL
This would have to be one of the best articles i have read in a long time. It was funny and i have always wondered what goes on behind closed doors at the Olympic Villages.
Mannon, Melbourne, Australia
You are wrong about one thing... "how can one get access to the village? The bad news is that you can't."
I just got back from Beijing as nothing but a spectator, and let me tell you I never thought i could get into a club where Olympians dominate the masses could be as easy as simply walking in.
Susan, Summit, USA
Aren't you all forgetting one thing? The orgying and partying of the swimmers through the night till the early hours causes a lot of problems for the track and field athletes who REALLY NEED THEIR SLEEP in order to perform well on track the next day. Jonathan Edwards complained about this problem.
CIL, dagenham, United kingdom
Thank God! This article provides much needed proof that at least SOME of the Times columnists and their readers, have what is regarded as 'a sense of humour'...
Cassandra, South Staffs,
Ha! It might explain why some of the athletes ran out of energy during their events!
Andre, Portland, USA
LOL! Great article! I have been to several swim meets (never as high as the Olympics tho- darn it!!) and yes they are always a sex fest. And for those who would like to think that the winners don't get it on- yea keep fooling yourselves!! they are always highest in demand!
Nicole, London, UK
Everyone who moans in the comments instead of envying the athletes is doing it wrong.
Stephan, London, United Kingdom
Great article! I'd been looking for an article that details the sexual atmosphere at th games. You did it superbly! Sex is awesome. Sex with an Olympic athlete=PHENOMENAL!! Great read! Funny, informative, and great vocabulary and puns. =)
p.s. all you fire-and-brimstone prudes are just jealous!!
Grace, Austin, USA
Lucky Tom Daley! I wish I had that experience 11 years ago!
Sexy Beast, North West, Mother England
HAHAHAHAHAHA. Some of these people are so worked up....didn't they know single people have sex????
Beth, Camp Pendleton, USA
Indeed, Matthew, if you had only had sex the one time instead of two, you could have beaten the Chinese at a game they've dominated since they could mold two halves of a ping-pong ball together.
If Jake in Johnstone and M in Milwaukee aren't having a laugh, I'm sure as hell going to.
Johninho, Miami,
Immoral? Sinful? Please! Religous zealots and anachronistic fools! Being physically active is good for sex drive, a lack of which ruins many marriages and lives for older folks. These are consenting adults who are going through something dramtic & fun. Bravo for them! And too bad for the critics
Marc Albrecht, Lincoln, USA
Causual sex is gross if not immoral. It seems to me, that the real athletes were too busy concentrating on their next event for such frivolities. The also-didn't-even-runs with too much time on their hands got busy? Wow that must have been so deep and meaningful - 'I'm bored, wanna do it?' Yuck.
PattyP, LA, USA
We all have minds that lean toward the sinful nature in all of us, but the number of you who relish it in public is a pretty sick display that might make those who used to live in Sodom blush.
Edward, Moline, USA
This article was hysterical and very well-written. Loved it.
Gabrielle, Boston, USA
What an ace article!
There's that much horrible stuff going on all over the globe- and then you read this.
It puts a bit of faith back into what it's all about.
Good onya (er, sorry ozzies) to all at the games!
Jez W, Leeds,
Does anybody know how I can get on either Team GB, or the Aussie team for 2012? I am nearly 70 now ... but would like to make up for what I missed out on in Rome 1960!
GROWL!!!
David Michael, London, UK
Wonderfully entertaining article. I really enjoyed it!
Frankly, athletes are extremely sexy people. It's all part of the attraction of the games.
David, Glasgow,
Perhaps we could make this activity one of the competitions.
Jim P, Sacramento, California
Wow. I suspected it was quite a romp at the Olympics. Thanks for confirming my jealous suspicions.
Keith, Philadelphia, PA, USA
so true, when i went to a global young leaders conference, people were prim and proper during the day and sexing away at night... ahh to be young and in a foreign country
Mel, Tallahassee,
Brilliant article. Surely this is all the motivation those 14-18 year old athletes on GB's various Olympic development programs should need to inspire them to get to London 2012.
It should be pinned to the notice board of every notice board in every school and sports centre in the country!
Tim, Manchester, USA
Wow, this was a great article! I always assumed the athletes never really had lives in between competitions. Maybe that is why they let loose come the Olympics. More power to them!! A healthy active sex drive is nothing to be ashamed of when there are other individuals willing and waiting!
Kimber, St. Louis, USA
these things are likely to happen when you're surrounded by a bunch of young people all around you! plus, i've seen these things happening numerous times when i've been in international 'youth' conferences- young people wanting to have a good time seems universal
sue, nagasaki, japan
Teach me to play! Teach me to play!
Leonard, NY, USA
What's that frustrating, niggling feeling I seem to have after reading this? Oh yes, ENVY!
ChrisP, Worthing,
Survival of the fittest and evolution. Charles Darwin. Wasn't he British?
ed, MA, USA
Wow. Jealous.
Nicole, Los Angeles, USA
Does anyone know where in the village the Jamaican womens sprint team are based?
If they behave like the article suggests this is surely proof that there is indeed a god.
And Joe, if they are heading to hell, I hope there is space on the bus!
Dan, Bristol,
Seriously now, Chan from 'Susserx, Briton' (note the spelling here...), you forgot to add 'No Libido = Extinction'....
Jay, London,
Brilliant. If I new the perks of being good at track events, I may have put more effort in when the coach made me do the 100m... World records? Who needs 'em? The REAL rewards are after the events...
Robert Gold, Sendai, Japan
The author needs to look up the definition of "virile".
Bill, Detroit, USA
This article needs to be posted on the fridge door of every obese schoolkid in the UK. Team GB will be beating off the next generation of wannabes with a mucky stick. So to speak.
Chris, Worthing, England
Maybe it should be called the Orgies rather than the Olympics. This is really a disgusting illustration of what sinful man will do whenever he can get away with it... and also a fitting example of why God will be perfectly just to throw them all into hell when it's all said and done.
Joe, New York,
This was a very well written and entertaining article. I enjoyed it.
MJ, LA, USA
Sounds like an orge of the sort that the romans used to have, and we all know what happened to them now don`t we? Morally void= destyroyed. Without Jesus Christ= no hope.
Chan, Susserx, Briton
A fantastic article! Well written, funny and fascinating. As a new and passionate supporter of all things female volleyball related you have added fuel to an already worrying fire. Thank you.
LOW, Solihull, England
"Yelena Isinbayeva The 26-year-old Russian pole-vaulter - “the chick with the stick” - takes the women's silver medal "
No, she is the gold winner.
Silver went to Jenn Stuczynski, Svetlana Feofanova took bronze.
Judit, Budapest, Hungary
Trust me Danny - This doesn't read like a dirty novel, unless you've dropped your spot the dog books in a puddle again?
'I have always regarded sexual promiscuity - for a single person at least - as a basic human right' I couldn't agree more. I love the honesty of this article, a funny read.
Samantha, Kendal, England
I'd imagine the stupendously talented Usain bolt wouldn't have any problems finding something to do. He's definitely my cup of tea!
Paan, London,
I agree Stuart...I think they should not only lighten up but consider getting laid. What a mouth-wateringly fantastic prospect, strutting around the olympic with 8 golds around your neck. Question is who would you make a run for first!!!
james Cullup, Oxford,
Now I care even LESS about the stupid olympics! Really, who gives a rat's rear about what shmuck swims or runs faster than another shmuck? Oh, it's about $.
Tina, Miami, USA
You should have concentrated more on your ping pong rather than your ding dong. Who knows you might have got more bling blong...
Jake Weiner, Johnstone, UK
Great Article - some you guys posting comments on here need to lighten up a little! Thankyou for such an interesting insight into what goes on at the games, i was naive to it all before reading this - i imagined the athletes to be very straight laced & prudish! Good luck to them!
Stuart, London,
if the author would have thought of Table Tennis a little more rather than having sex, perhaps he might have won something.
M, Milwaukee,
A large part of it is that, to increase their performance in competition, many athletes will purposely train in such a way as to ensure that their hormone levels peak at competition time. Consequently, they are more sexually aggressive at competition time- and there's no bigger competition than this
adam, new york, usa
the female athletes all have high testosterone levels, of course they're going to be more willing than most.
randy, brooklyn, ny, usa
I guess the question is: have any strange underperformances been successfully linked to this kind of activity?
Rhys Jaggar, Leeds, UK
When I grow up I am becoming an Olympic athlete.
Kazuki, Tokyo, Japan
Oh yeah--and are they doing it with their own teammates and countrymen, or going for the exotic foreigners?
N. Training, Taipei,
This article reads more like a dirty novel or a fantasy. Who cares, go to a nightclub you can find some dizzy dame or sex crazed guy who is easy if you want.
Danny, Johnston, USA