Intimacy boom: Olympians' secret lives behind the scenes

The Olympic Games are now associated not only with sports competition and the grand opening ceremony, featuring the biggest stars, but also with... sex. Why do athletes decide to have sexual relations during such an important period? Find out.

When the athletes' beds were presented, they were almost immediately labeled "anti-sex." 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 athletes' sexual desires a bit.

This theory circulates online for a reason, as bed antics of athletes at the Olympics have been a hot topic for years. According to swimmer Ryan Lochte, during the Games, as many as "70 to 75 percent of the athletes might be engaging in sex."

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

"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 noted that many athletes casually approach sex.

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

Although sexual exploits at the Olympics have been talked about for years, some situations still shock the public. This was the case at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016. That's when Ingrid de Oliveira was expelled from the Olympic Village, and the reason behind it was sex.

The Brazilian diver reportedly kicked her roommate out of their room the night before her competition to have sex with another athlete, thus becoming the protagonist of one of the biggest scandals at the Olympics.