Free condoms, cardboard beds, flip-phones, and more: Sneak Peek into 2024 Paris Olympics village for athletes

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Free condoms, cardboard beds, flip-phones, and more: Sneak Peek into 2024 Paris Olympics village for athletes

Olympics Village Sneak Peak (image by Olympics)

Paris Olympics 2024 has kicked off in full force on the 26th of July. With everybody buzzing with excitement, participants gave a sneak peak into the Olympics village and how it was like living there.

All the athletes participating in the game received a welcome kit filled with goodies from sponsors. The official Olympics Instagram handle posted a reel unboxing the welcome bag while giving a vote of thanks to their sponsors.

The goodie bag contained P&G Everyday products bag including Oral-B, Head & Shoulders, Aussie, Safeguard, and Febreze. It also had a reusable red metal Coca-Cola water bottle, and a Powerade sipper. Along with that, a special edition of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 with an e-sim from telecommunications company Orange.

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Along with the goodies, the organizers added a rather singularly distinctive item: condoms. The condoms were packaged in the Paris Olympics concept. The packaging was colorful and had consent-related messages that prioritized safe, consensual sex. One of them read, “On the field of love, play fair.” Another read, “No need to be a gold medalist to wear it!”

A Glimpse Inside the Olympic Village

The Olympics Village will be home to the athletes for the next few weeks. The Village has been set up to house more than 14,000 athletes, coaches, and staff. It set up exactly like its’ name suggests, like a whole village. It included a grocery store, pharmacy, a coffee shop, also a souvenir shop brimmed with Paris Olympics merch. For the first time, the organizers have installed a nursery for parent athletes. Along with a humongous dining hall across six rooms featuring French, international, Asian, halal, and vegetarian cuisine.

As for the rooms, Australian tennis player Daria Saville gave an apartment tour on her Instagram.

Another notable element of the Paris Olympics was the comeback of cardboard beds. The beds were first introduced in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The participants could choose from soft, moderate, and super-firm mattresses. The eco-friendly beds were a part of the sustainability initiative by the host country. They made much news for being called ‘anti-sex’ beds.

Initially, they were rumored to have been set up as ‘anti-sex’ beds since they couldn’t hold the weight of more than one athlete. They appeared to be flimsy and thus, were said to collapse from intense physical activity. However, the rumor was cleared up as the athletes shared videos of them jumping on the beds to prove their sturdiness. In actuality, they were made to support 440 pounds.

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