Who cares about a bronze medal if you can get right-swiped by Ryan Lochte? Tinder, which allows users to swipe right on a profile picture to approve and left to reject, is among the most widely used in the growing market that includes Grindr, Hinge and others.
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Tinder and the Olympics: It seems this pair is a match.
And the selection is, to put it bluntly, IMPRESSIVE.
Some of the Rio competitors on Tinder now are swim legend Ryan Lochte, silver-medalist Simone Manuel, Olympic golfer Rickie Fowler, Olympic reserve fencer Race Imboden, and many, many more.
Prior to the Games, the International Olympic Committee announced it would put in place of a mechanism for the Rio Olympics participants to report incidents of abuse or harassment in a bid to protect the athletes, for the first time in the Games’ history.
“We believe that build bridges, not erect walls, but for many reasons, athletes are unable to shake hands with each other, it is shameful and unacceptable”, he said.
A surge in mobile dating first appeared during the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi and since then, the market for hookup apps has only grown.
We already knew numerous athletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics were planning on getting more than just gold while in Rio thanks to the 450,000 condoms delivered to the Olympic village.
Away from the games, some Olympians are looking for a different kind of match.
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It was just a week after Moroccan boxer Hassan Saada was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting two room maids at the Olympic Village, reports Xinhua. Sure, he only qualified as a reserve team member for the 2016 games, but still he’s way cooler than we are. Profiles from athletes of almost every sport can be found on Tinder with updates like “Got plenty of time to kill”, or “Looking for fun in Rio!”
