Novak Djokovic snubs Paris Olympic village as tweet goes viral
Tennis superstar Carlos Alcaraz has sent social media into meltdown with a single upload from inside the Olympic Village.
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Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz are enjoying vastly different Paris Olympic experiences.
The Serbian superstar and current world number two has shunned his fellow athletes and elected to stay outside of the Olympic Village.
Djokovic, 37, has instead booked himself into his own accommodation as he attempts to claim Olympic gold, the biggest accomplishment missing from his trophy cabinet.
It’s a move that isn’t completely out of the ordinary with countless, mostly high-profile, athletes in the past electing not to stay inside the village.
The decision will allow Djokovic to steer clear of the party-like scene that is expected to unfold inside the athletes’ village.
On the other hand, Alcaraz, 21, is is embracing the chaos of the village with the Spanish superstar stating he wanted to “live the experience”.
The young Spaniard has taken the tennis world by storm, claiming four grand slam titles in less than two years.
He’ll enter the Olympics as the favourite to win gold after taking care of Djokovic in straight sets in the Wimbledon final.
But it wasn’t his on court prowess that captured social medias attention, it was an image from inside the village that sent fans into meltdown.
A post uploaded by the Dutch hockey team shows the four-time grand slam winner surrounded by the women’s team.
The photo spread like wildfire across the internet with fans all saying the same thing about why Alcaraz is staying in the village.
Former world number 7 Mardy Fish wrote on X: “You ain’t sly Carlito!”
Another user wrote: “Maybe Alcaraz isn’t the bet … if you know anything about the stories of the Olympic Village.”
A third added: “Cardboard bed don’t worry the young king.”
The acknowledgement from fans far and wide here centres around the tales that have come out of Olympic Villages over the years.
Following the 2012 Games, American Olympian Ryan Lochte gave an eye-opening reveal of what went on behind closed doors.
“I’d say it’s 70 percent to 75 percent of Olympians (are having sex),” Lochte said to ESPN.
“Hey, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.”
The Paris Olympic village is believed to be flood with 200,000 condoms for this years Games, that equates to around 20 per athlete.
While that number is high, it falls well short of the reported 450,000 at the Rio Games in 2016.
At Seoul 1998, just 8,500 condoms were available, while Sydney 2000 had to order 20,000 more after the initial 70,000 ran out.
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