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American rower Emily Delleman reveals sad reality of Tinder in the Olympic Village at Paris Games
By Jenna Lemoncelli,
8 hours ago
Team USA rower Emily Delleman spilled the tea about the online dating scene in the Olympic Village.
In a video recently shared on TikTok, the 26-year-old Olympian explained it hasn’t been easy finding love with fellow athletes at the Summer Games in Paris.
“So I was laying in my cardboard bed the other day recovering… and I was scrolling through TikTok and I was seeing the girlies saying, ‘Hey change your location to the Olympic Village. Like, do you want babies?’
♬ original sound – Delly Team USA rower Emily Delleman spilled the tea about what it’s like online dating in the Olympic Village in Paris in a recent TikTok video. TikTok
“And I was like ‘Oh my gosh, genius.’ I mean, I am here right now, so you have to take full advantage of this, like when in Rome.”
Delleman said that’s when she re-downloaded the Tinder dating app.
“I haven’t had this app downloaded in years, so I go to the app store and they’re hyping it up,” she said.
A general view of a bed and mattress inside the Athletes’ Village ahead of the Paris Olympic Games on July 23, 2024 in Paris, France. Getty Images A general view of a bed and mattress inside a mattress fitting room in the Athletes’ Village ahead of the Paris Olympic Games on July 23, 2024 in Paris, France. Getty Images
“They’re like, ‘Match with pro athletes using our new feature,’ and I was like, ‘Crazy, okay.’ But this must be good. The nostalgia was starting to hit. The expectations were rising.
“… So I start scrolling and scrolling and I’m not seeing any Olympians.
“I was like, ‘Okay, my settings must be weird.’ No. I’m like, location, one-mile radius and so far I think I’ve seen a total of two other Olympians.
“I mean, don’t get me wrong, you Parisian men are beautiful, chefs kiss like I don’t know what they put in the water.
“But, you know, I went in with the expectations of finding some of my future plot lines, but alas, I guess we’re searching for other forms of entertainment and that’s now why you’re finding me on TikTok.”
United States’ Teal Cohen, Emily Delleman, Grace Joyce, Lauren O’Connor, compete during the women’s rowing quadruple sculls heat at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Vaires-sur-Marne, France. AP A general view shows the Olympic village “Olympium” during its inauguration ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics, in Villeneuve d’Ascq near Lille in the north of France on June 24, 2024. AFP via Getty Images
Tinder’s TikTok account replied in the comments, “Someone tag me in part 2.”
Delleman, a Davenport, Iowa, native, was an All-American in 2019 and 2020 while competing at Stanford University.
Her video prompted other comments about the cardboard beds in the Olympic Village and the amount of condoms accessible to the 14,500 athletes and staff.
Laurent Dalard, who coordinated first aid and health services for the Paris Games, previously said in a news conference there are more than 200,000 condoms available in the Olympic Village.
That’s about 20 condoms per person for each of the 10,500 athletes.
Online dating was different at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 as there was an unofficial “intimacy ban” due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, organizers ordered 160,000 condoms to be handed out in the Olympic Village at the time, according to NPR.
Grace Joyce, Emily Delleman, Teal Cohen and Lauren O’Connor react after competing in the women’s quadruple sculls final B during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on July 31, 2024. Sarah Phipps-USA TODAY Sports Grace Joyce, Emily Delleman, Teal Cohen and Lauren O’Connor of Team United States react after competing in the Rowing Women’s Quadruple Sculls Repechage on day three of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Vaires-Sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on July 29, 2024 in Paris, France. Getty Images
Four U.S. rowing crews competed in Paris on Wednesday.
Team USA women’s pair and lightweight women’s double sculls advanced to the finals at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.
The women’s team finished ninth in the quadruple sculls B final.
The U.S. men’s pair finished sixth and will now compete in Friday’s B final for overall places 7-12.
The rowing races at the Summer Games conclude on Aug. 3.
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