Olympic Games and intimacy: A behind-the-scenes look

The Olympic Games are now associated not only with sporting competition and the grand opening ceremony featuring the biggest stars but also with... sex. Why do athletes engage in sexual activities during such a significant period? Find out.

When the athletes' beds were presented, they were almost immediately dubbed "anti-sexual." This is because they were made of cardboard. Officially, this decision was justified on ecological grounds, but according to internet users, they might "cool down" the sexual desires of the athletes a bit.

This theory is circulating online for a reason since stories about athletes' bed antics at the Olympics have been rampant for years. According to swimmer Ryan Lochte, during the Games, as many as "70 to 75 percent of Olympians might be having sex."

Many people wonder why athletes allow themselves to get distracted at such an event.

"Think about how hard it is to meet someone. Now take an Olympian who trains from 6 a.m. until 5 p.m. every day. When the hell are you supposed to meet someone? Now the pressure is done, you're meeting like-minded people ... and boom," revealed water polo player Tony Azevedo in 2012.

Meanwhile, American track and field athlete John Godina stated that many athletes have a casual approach to sex.

"They feel they never have to see each other again," he explains.

Even though sexual exploits at the Olympics have been talked about for years, some situations still shock the public. Such was the case at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016. It was then that Ingrid de Oliveira was expelled from the Olympic Village, and it was all because of sex.

The Brazilian diver reportedly asked her roommate to leave their room the night before her competition just so she could have sex with another athlete, thus becoming the protagonist of one of the biggest scandals at the Olympics.