Olympic champion makes stunning revelation about the shocking conditions in Paris village: 'We were living in filth'
- Ariarne Titmus has shared her experience in the Olympic village
- The Aussie swimming champion was unhappy with living conditions
- She said her roommates had to make one loo roll last four days
Olympic athletes were forced to share one toilet roll between four people and were not provided with clean bedsheets in the athletes' village.
Australian swimming champion Ariarne Titmus made the shocking revelations during her guest appearance on The Project on Thursday night, where she was asked to lift the lid on her experiences inside the controversial accommodation.
'The village isn't as glamorous as people think,' she said. 'My bathroom in my apartment was bigger than the living room for the four of us.'
Paris organisers copped huge criticism throughout the two-week sporting bonanza over the living conditions provided for athletes, with comfort sacrificed for what some described as 'woke' environmental policy - meaning stars had to sleep on cardboard beds.
The lack of comfort was too much for Italian swimmer Thomas Ceccon, who snubbed the cardboard bed for a kip in the park towards the end of the Games.
But it wasn't just flimsy beds that riled athletes, with Titmus revealing that there were issues with cleanliness and toilet supplies during her stay.
'Our bedsheets got changed after the first night we were there and then they didn't get changed for the rest of the time we were there so we were living in filth,' said Titmus, who previously attributed her inability to break the 400m freestyle record on the living conditions inside the village.
'We had to lie about being roommates so we could get toilet rolls. You'd run out of toilet paper and they'd give you one [roll] for four days for the entire apartment.'
Ariarne Titmus has revealed that athletes had to share one toilet roll for four days
Titmus's comments come after British swimmer Adam Peaty claimed athletes found worms in the food provided for them.
'The catering isn't good enough for the level the athletes are expected to perform. We need to give the best we possibly can,' he told the i paper.
'Tokyo, the food was incredible, Rio was incredible. But this time around […] there wasn't enough protein options, long queues, waiting 30 minutes for food because there's no queuing system.'
He added: 'The narrative of sustainability has just been punished on the athletes. I want to eat meat, I need meat to perform and that's what I eat at home, so why should I change?' Peaty adds.
'I like my fish and people are finding worms in the fish. It's just not good enough.
'The standard, we're looking at the best of the best in the world, and we're feeding them not the best.
'I just want people to get better at their roles and jobs. And I think that's what the athletes are the best sounding board for.'
Titmus did, however, credit the Australian Olympic Committee for creating a homely environment in their section of the village.
'As Australians we are so looked after by the AOC,' she said.
'I think the best part was our baristas, we had two baristas who probably worked the hardest in the little Aussie precinct and I was excited to go down every morning and get a coffee.
'They did it all up and it felt like home. We had Aussie food, Tim Tams, choccies, everything.'
