Key Olympic experience record-breaking gold medallist Arisa Trew is barred from

Australia's Arisa Trew may be a gold medallist, but there's one key aspect of being an Olympian she's not allowed to experience.

Cardboard beds with "rock hard" mattresses, claims of raw meat as well as a lack of it altogether, and issues with transport are among the many complaints made by some disgruntled athletes about the conditions in the Olympic Village at Paris 2024.

Fourteen-year-old Trew, however, would have no idea about any of that fuss. She can't actually stay there – she's too young.

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"I can go into the [Olympic Village] to hang out and have food but I'm not staying there," Trew told Allison Langdon and James Bracey in Nine's Trocadéro studio less than 24 hours after becoming Australia's youngest-ever Olympic medallist with her women's park skateboarding final win.

Around 10,000 competitors are staying at the Olympic Village in the Saint-Denis area throughout the competition, and that includes some athletes who are under 18 – the IOC doesn't prohibit this, but it's up to each individual country to decide where their underage competitors will stay.

Australia's 460-strong team includes Trew and fellow skateboarders Chloe Covell, 14, and 15-year-old Ruby Trew (no relation), who are all staying in a hotel.

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It may have actually saved Trew in the end, with swimmer Ariarne Titmus pointing to the village as a reason for some slower-than-expected times in the pool.

"It probably wasn't the time I thought I was capable of, but living in the Olympic village makes it hard to perform," Titmus, who won gold in the 400m freestyle and swam an Olympic Record, said.

"It's definitely not made for high performance, so it's about who can really keep it together in the mind."

Australian swimming head coach Rohan Taylor, however, denied Titmus' claims and the AOC separately assured the public in a statement that the Olympic Village is of a "high quality".

With or without the village hullabaloo, Trew did shatter Sandra Morgan's 68-year-old age record with her medal-winning performance overnight, something she says is "kind of crazy" and "a lot to think about".

"It is really fun performing in front of a big crowd because everybody is hyping you up and screaming and cheering and it sets such a good vibe," Trew told Langdon and Bracey.

Among her cheering fans were Trew's parents, Aiko and Simon, who she says were "really excited when they were watching" at La Concorde, and her loved ones back in Australia.

"All my friends back home, most of them all had a sleepover at the school I go to which is Level Up, a skateboarding school [in the Gold Coast]," Trew said.

"They slept at the skate park and were watching and were so excited... I had a bit of sleep but they've probably had less than me."