Aussie superstar Ariarne Titmus claims athletes were 'living in filth' during Olympics
Australian swim superstar Ariarne Titmus claims athletes were "living in filth" in France's athlete village.
Titmus spilled the beans on life inside the Paris facility where hundreds of top athletes from around the world were housed during the Olympics.
It was well documented - via TikTok and other social media accounts - the cardboard beds they were made to sleep on.
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France was also hellbent on making Paris 2024 the greenest Games in history, and cut down on luxuries like air conditioning.
That backfired when a heatwave and many complaints forced organisers to add air-con to the rooms at the last minute.
Ariarne Titmus of Team Australia. Getty
The Great Britain team began hiring their own catering after making allegations they were served raw meat inside the village.
Italian swimmer Thomas Ceccon complained about the state of the rooms and then was photographed sleeping outside on the grass after winning gold in the men's backstroke.
Now, having landed back Down Under on Wednesday, Titmus has made more allegations about the experience.
"Our bed sheets got changed after the first night we were there," she told The Project.
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"And then they didn't get changed for the rest of the time we were there, so we were living in filth.
"We would have to lie about how many roommates we had so we could scab toilet rolls.
"We'd run out of toilet roll and then they'd only give us one for four days."
Titmus says the cardboard beds didn't worry her too much as she took her own mattress over.
"I was very lucky, Tempur gave me a mattress," she said.
"The mattresses that were there were like fishing wire all tangled up, and they were in three parts that went together. So they weren't even one big mattress."
Titmus won two gold and two silver medals during the Games, which was Australia's most successful ever.
Australia's Chef de Mission, Anna Meares, spoke glowingly of the French hospitality during the Olympics.
