Paris Olympics to lift sex ban for athletes

The ban was implemented at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in an attempt to prevent a Covid-19 outbreak during the event, which took place a year later than planned.

Now that the pandemic is no longer a major threat, Olympic chiefs have lifted the ban for the 2024 edition in Paris, the city of love.

Paris will welcome 9,000 athletes for the Summer Olympics, which will take place from July 26 to August 11.

According to TMZ, the Olympic Village will stock 300,000 condoms, which will be given to the athletes for free.

The Olympic rings installed on the Esplanade du Trocadero near the Eiffel tower following the Paris nomination as host for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Photo by AFP

"It is very important that the conviviality here is something big," Olympic Village director Lauren Michaud told The Sun. "Working with the athletes commission, we wanted to create some places where the athletes would feel very enthusiastic and comfortable."

Athletes will also get free food and drinks with various selections from around the world on the buffet table, except for one thing.

"There will be no champagne in the village, but they can have all the champagne they want in the rest of Paris."

The 2024 Paris Olympics is expected to attract the largest number of spectators since the 2012 edition in London. It will be the second city to host three Summer Olympics after London.