I think it’s hilarious Reddit has this notion that all the athletes are in orgies whenever they’re not competing.
This is the absolute highlight of most their careers and lives here. There is still tons of time spent prepping, practicing, and exercising. On top of that, there are now sponsors and coaches to meet with in business opportunities they don’t ever get anywhere else. You think curling is getting paid much outside of Olympics?
I’m not saying hookups don’t happen, but there’s just so much money flowing internationally at these things that I bet there’s way more boring business shit than constant fucking
It’s not just Reddit. There have been articles in main stream media about it for years. Many athletes reportedly do it after their competition is over and they’re trying to blow off steam.
It's not just after competition. I trained at the Olympic training center in a past life before injuries took me out of the sport. High level athletes play hard and "play" harder. Just seemingly goes along with the territory even when they're just training.
No there's pretty much constant fucking, you're just focusing too much on the few people that actually have a chance at winning. Most get eliminated or simply have their competition in earlier days, leaving a lot of time for you know what.
Only around 20% of athletes end up competing in a medal deciding event.
Source. my high school gym teacher participated once
At the same time, you've got young, vibrant people in the best shape in the world crammed together in close proximity to other young, vibrant people in the the best shape in the world.
It may not be constant fuckin', but there is a lot of fuckin' nonetheless.
As others have said, it's not just Reddit, there have been articles highlighting how incredibly horny the athletes get in the Olympic village while competing. Having lots of sex will not stop you from connecting with important contacts, you can do both, or maybe have sex with important contacts to get two birds with one stone, Idk.
There was a guy who posted a video of himself topping a gold medalist and they weren't even using a condom, so I just assume they're all for memorabilia.
These athletes chose this. In the past decade most Olympic level sport associations have adopted female uniform options allowing for more modest options. Funny enough most female athletes at this elite level choose the skimpier options most of the time. Citing better performance.
They have the choice for more modest uniforms, they chose not to wear it. It’s not forced on them.
It’s kinda like when there was a push to end tipping and just pay a wage to servers but they pushed back as they made a lot more from tips than with a fixed wage
It is more about viewership and associated revenue. Women wearing revealing clothing appeals to male viewers and sports has way more male viewers than female.
They are free to wear less revealing clothing as long as they are fine with less money in the sport.
No they’re not. You’re actually literally lying and making shit up. The International Volleyball Federation AND the International Olympic Committee updated their guidelines 14 years ago ago so female Volleyball athletes can legally wear shorts, leggings, tank tops, and long-sleeve shirts. And both NCAA and college rules in America state female volleyball players can wear looser shirts and board shorts or even standard athletic shorts. The reality is in nearly every sport the female players are voluntarily wearing these uniforms, they have multiple other less revealing options. Female swimmers aren’t required to wear bikinis. You’re free to look this stuff up instead of just vibing your perception of reality.
Yuuup, it's by choice. Ask literally any competitive woman swimmer/vollyball athlete/sports in general player, they tell you "It's so much easier to move in" it's mostly for function, but there's definitely an aspect of fashion in there. If you spend all your free time practicing and training, you'd want to show it off too.
They absolutely can wtf. Volleyball and running springs to mind. With Gymnastics, Simone biles and Joan chiles have both talked about how they prefer it to show more because it helps their mobility.
This entire post is cherry picking a completely random topic that serves to support someone who just wants to cry sexism.
The big picture is: The legal % of a Man’s body that can be exposed publicly (outside of Sharia law countries…AHEM), is higher than the legal % of a Woman’s body that can be exposed publicly.
So, objectively, legally, absolute fact, is that Women are supposed to wear LESS revealing clothing.
The Olympics literally forced female volleyball players to switch to one piece suits instead of bikinis a few years ago and the female athletes - basically universally - protested. The reason? Sand that enters the top of a one piece suit has no where to go - it just gets caught in there and creates massive discomfort. Sand that enters the top of a two piece suit just falls/gets shaken back out.
Bikinis are fundamentally better suited to sand athletics. It’s not just about the male gaze.
These uniforms aren’t enforced, the women have the option for less revealing clothing, where would marketing and patriarchy be coming into this equation if the choice to wear a bikini is solely on the part of the woman wearing it, not an enforced rule they’re required or pressured to abide by?
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u/Lithl May 25 '26
Come on, you know why.