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Tinder, the dating app, is having a crazy usage between Olympic athletes in Rio!

The Olympic Village at Rio 2016
The Olympic Village at Rio 2016

The popularity of mobile dating apps at the Olympics was a big story in London in 2012 and continued in Sochi in 2014. It’s no surprise, then, officials allocated roughly 450,000 condoms for athletes staying in the village this summer in Rio.

One Olympian said he had 10 matches on his first day in Rio. That’s more than some of us have ever had.  “Marcus Nyman, a judoka in the men’s 90-kilogram division from Sweden, said he got 10 matches on Tinder in the first day or so after he arrived in Rio.

By Pablo Mendoza

Pablo Mendoza is an FIH Hockey Academy Educator and the owner of A Hockey World. Contact: pablo@ahockeyworld.net