On your marks, SEX…go! Olympic athletes are ENCOURAGED to be intimate with each other at the Paris Games, with free condoms, lube and an STD clinic – and competitors admit ‘there will be lots of hanky panky’

They come from all corners of the world, young, beautiful and in top shape, with only one thing in mind: to participate in the Olympic sport for which they have trained intensively for the past four years.

At least that’s what they say in media interviews.

In fact, extensive anecdotal experience shows that many of them also think about something else: sex.

With this unique opportunity to meet and interact with other athletes in their peak physical condition, the temptation to get to know them better can be strong.

Apparently, the organizers of the Olympic Village in Paris had this trend in mind when they offered free condoms to participants this summer.

And not one or two, but some 200,000 condoms spread across the complex. That’s 14 per athlete.

Other sex-friendly kit is also available for free, including 20,000 female condoms, 10,000 dental dams (to protect against infections during oral sex) and a state-of-the-art medical clinic to treat unexpected outcomes of STDs, sexual injuries and unwanted pregnancies.

MailOnline spoke to one competitor, a sprinter representing a Caribbean island, who spoke to us on condition of anonymity. They told us: ‘Right now I’m totally focused on my event. I’ve been training for this for as long as I can remember.

“But once the race is over, it’s time to have some fun. And yes, that means there will be a lot of hanky panky.”

Stories from athletes about wild sex parties at previous Olympic Games are legendary.

Perhaps the most famous athlete of the modern era, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, is said to have had a particularly lively party with three members of the Swedish handball team shortly after winning the 100 metres final at London 2012.

And during Rio 2016, the fastest man in the world quickly convinced a beautiful Brazilian samba dancer to join him at the Athletes’ Village after another convincing victory.

Or take Ryan Lochte, a U.S. team swimmer who reportedly had sex on a balcony during the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He once said, “I think 75 percent of the Olympics have sex.”

It is said that casual sex is so prevalent that some athletes joke that the second Olympic motto should be, “What happens in the village, stays in the village.”

Team USA goalkeeper Hope Solo revealed, “There’s a lot of sex going on. I’ve seen people having sex out in the open. On the grass, between buildings, people getting dirty.”

A Team USA shooter once said, “I’ve never seen so much debauchery in my life as I saw at Sydney 2000.

“My apartment was like a brothel in the Olympic Village. The entire women’s 4×100-meter relay team from a Scandinavian-looking country walked out of the house one morning, followed by the American boys’ track team.”

With many of the 14,500 athletes thinking about sex, the Paris2024 organizers have tried to focus on their main task: their events.

The accepted protocol – even though not everyone adheres to it – is very strict: first the medals, then the lovemaking.

The members of the world’s various Rugby Sevens teams are expected to be the first to succumb to the pressure of their testosterone. It is one of the first events to be completed.

‘We have games until two days before the closing ceremony, but the Rugby Sevens boys are ready on Tuesday,’ one hockey player told MailOnline as members of the Serbian women’s basketball team walked past.

‘Then they have two days before they get kicked out of the Athletes Village. Then you become friends with the Norwegian handball team and see if there is any sparkle.’

There are suggestions that this year’s organisers are trying to dampen the sexual appetites by installing so-called cardboard single beds that can only fit one person.

British team diver Tom Daley, who is competing in his fifth Olympic Games, went viral with a video of him playing on his bed.

Set to the soundtrack of Charli XCX’s ‘Apple,’ Daley demonstrated his springboard technique on his own bed, calling it “pretty solid.”

The playful Daley also made a particularly spicy joke about the Olympic rings.

But others have debunked any suggestion that there is an anti-sex agenda. Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan called the cardboard bed story “fake news”.

Athletes are also expected to visit the many romantic sights and locations that have earned Paris the nickname ‘City of Love’.

An athletics coach added: ‘I’m a happily married man, but there are a lot of young guys here. When they finish their event, they want to have fun.

“I must have seen four big cabinets full of condoms and everything else they might need.”

The free condoms will be supplied in the colours of blue, red, green and purple of the Paris 2024 Games and will be delivered in plain packaging with infection prevention messages in English. The athletes will also be provided with tubes of lubricant.

Athletes typically share a room with another member of the same sex. Roommates are expected to sleep on their teammates’ floors if their colleague is expecting a sleepover.

The Athletes Village consists of a series of apartment blocks occupied by countries.

Usually the sexes are divided into separate blocks or floors, depending on the size of the team.

The Athletes’ Village’s ultra-modern medical centre is spread over three floors and can handle up to 700 consultations per day.

“It’s better than the local hospital,” said a Paris2024 organizer.

“It has everything – scanners, operating rooms, a pharmacy. Treating sexually transmitted diseases is really not a problem.”

Athletes have access to specialist doctors in gynecology, cardiology, dentistry and eye care, as well as sports injuries. And it can perform up to 70 MRI scans per day.

“This multidisciplinary care centre is the cornerstone of the health system dedicated to athletes and their delegations,” said Dr Pierre Mauger, head of the Paris 2024 medical service.