Former Team GB star reveals what life is really like in the Olympic Village alongside world's best athletes
Former Team GB athlete Tom Bosworth knows a thing or two about living in the Olympic village.
This year, thousands of talented athletes have settled in a purpose-built town in Saint-Denis, in Paris.
Though amid the rumours of the village being a 'massive sex-fest', the record-breaking race walker has changed the narrative on what it's really like in the town.
Former long jump star Susen Tiedtke told Bild before the Tokyo Olympics: "Sex is always an issue in the village.
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"The athletes are at their physical peak at the Olympics.
"When the competition is over, they want to release their energy."
Meanwhile, Bosworth - who holds the world record for the one-mile race walk - told the Daily Star: "Imagine thousands of athletes from loads of different countries all over the world coming together for the same purpose, it is highly motivational.
"You meet people from cultures that you just never would in any other walk of life.
"It is like walking round a small town, full of apartment blocks, with free food, free drinks. "Everybody there hopefully in really good spirits because their competitions have gone well, so it is a bit of a euphoric feeling of a perfect world.
"Obviously, not everybody is overjoyed if they haven't had the best competition but most people have worked their entire lives to be there and are supporting each other in different ways."
Bosworth also happens to holds six British records, not to mention the 13 British Championships gold medals to his name.
The 34-year-old, who featured in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, is clearly a master of his craft and is ranked 1st overall in the UK for 20 km.
On village life, he continued: "It is a really positive and euphoric feeling and it is something that can only really be achieved by putting in the work and making the games and your Olympic team - and only then can you have that relief of being there and trying to enjoy every moment of it.
"Because there is such a diverse and multicultural background to everyone in the games, there is every walk of life possible at the Olympics.
"So for me, being openly gay, it makes no difference, because there are so many different people there all with the same aim and ambitions.
"That is the great thing about the Olympics, it brings so many people together.
"No matter who you are, what you look like, what religion you follow, your sexuality, it just matters how good you are on the pitch or the athletics track.
"That is quite calming and it keeps people focused on what they need to do and there are no distractions, so it is a comforting thing, I guess."
Anish Vij