Pyeongchang becomes dating hotspot
PYEONGCHANG: The Winter Olympics are freezing cold but they might just be the hottest dating spot on the planet right now — no wonder organisers dished out a record 110,000 condoms.
Competitors and support staff have put their profiles on dating/hook-up app Tinder, along with visiting journalists and many others in South Korea for the Olympics.
After the closing ceremony is notoriously the time when the nearly 3,000 competitors — most of them young and in prime physical condition — are particularly eager to celebrate. Organisers did not want to be caught with their trousers down and handed out the equivalent of 38 condoms per competitor, the largest number of condoms given out at a Winter Games.
Rubber manufacturer Convenience Co donated most of the condoms and a spokesman said coyly in the lead-up to the Olympics: “We don’t expect the athletes to use them all.”
Sceptics may say they should be concentrating more on winning medals, but with time to kill between their events, some male and female competitors appear to have gone looking for a match on Tinder.
Alysia, 29, says on her profile: “Just your basic Canadian chick who spends the winter travelling the world racing my toboggan.
“I work hard but play even harder.” She adds: “I’m in Korea for a couple of weeks for what some people would say is a pretty important race, and I couldn’t be more excited to be here.”