Team USA Olympic swimmers have opened up on the secret deed they claim 'everyone' does in the pool.
Now, the Paris 2024 Olympic opening ceremony kicked off the Games in a unique style last night (27 July).
Fans seemingly all had the same complaint as Lady Gaga performed on the Seine river, as other viewers called it the worst opening ceremony ever.
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Some were also scratching their heads after a 'blue scrotum' performed somewhat of an 'acid trip' performance and no one knew what was going on.
But one thing that is apparently well-known amongst the US swimming team is that they all get up to no good in the pool.
The Wall Street Journal recently conducted a survey with a number of swimmers and they uncovered 'one of the dirtiest secrets in the Olympic games'.
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Can you guess what it is?
The athletes revealed that 'everybody pees in the pool', in a shock admission.
"I've probably peed in every single pool I've swam in," former gold medalist Lilly King told the WSJ.
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"That's just how it goes.
“I can actually pee as I’m swimming, which is kind of a gift.
“It’s definitely a skill.”
Team USA's Zach Harting admitted to urinating in a race in Tokyo three years ago, having first peed in the competition pool during a high school state championship in Alabama.
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"The world changed for me," Harting said.
"Every time I went to a pool after that, I only considered myself to have swam in it if I peed in it.
“I always have to pee,” added Tokyo Olympian Jake Mitchell, “because I’m so hydrated.”
However, Harting added: “If you have a drug test, you don’t pee in the pool during warm down.
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“That’s 101.”
This comes after various admissions over the years that Olympic athletes like to 'get it on' during the tournament.
Former long jump star Susen Tiedtke told Bild before the Tokyo Olympics: "Sex is always an issue in the village. The athletes are at their physical peak at the Olympics.
"When the competition is over, they want to release their energy."
US football star Hope Solo also revealed that she saw people 'having sex right out in the open'.
"Athletes are extremists," she told ESPN in 2012. "When they're training, it's laser focus. When they go out for a drink, it's 20 drinks.
"With a once-in-a-lifetime experience, you want to build memories, whether it's sexual, partying or on the field.
"I've seen people having sex right out in the open.
"On the grass, between buildings, people are getting down and dirty."
The most bizarre, discontinued Olympic sports
Painting
Back in the day, the Olympics dished out medals for art too, with events including painting and sculpture, as well as music, architecture and even literature.
Making its debut all the way back at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm and continuing until the 1948 London games, juries awarded competitors a total of 151 medals for artistic projects inspired by sport.
Tug of War
Bet you didn't think this playground classic was once part of the Olympics, did you?
Well, it turns out not only was the sport popular, but it stirred up a lot of drama too - with accusations of foul play flying around at the 1908 Olympics in London, with Team USA accusing Team GB of cheating due to their 'illegal' heavy footwear.
A mainstay for around five Olympic games from 1900 to 1920, Tug of War enthusiasts have even campaigned for organisers to reintroduce the retired sport back into the Games.
Hot Air Balloon Racing
Launching at the 1900 Olympics, hot air balloon drivers would compete in races scoring how far they could travel, altitude reached, ability to land within the correct coordinates and - to top it all off - who got the best photo from the balloon.
The sport ended up being canned after a ban on motorised sports was brought in.
Live Pigeon Shooting
Also making its debut at the 1900 Olympics, the event was pretty self explanatory - a load of pigeons were released into the air as the competitor tried to shoot as many as possible. Grim.
The event only appeared at the Games once, and all in all, it's estimated that Olympic hopefuls killed around 300 pigeons.
Pistol Duelling
It doesn't take much guessing as to why this event was scrapped, but back in 1906, people clearly didn't bat an eyelid at competitors waving pistols around and shooting at each other.
It began with competitors shooting at dummies, but two years later organisers decided to shake things up and have them shoot at each other with wax bullets. Ouch.
1908 would be the last time the sport was included in the Olympics, so I'm guessing they quickly realised it was a bad idea - wax bullets or not.
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Anish Vij