Ivory Coast swimmer Kouassi Brou was one of the youngest competitors in Beijing at 16, but he's grown up now.

And ready for some Olympic love.

"In 2008 I was so young and so shy, so I didn't interact with the women," the 20-year-old Brou said. "But now I'm a big man. So I can try. I will try."

And he's clear about his ambitions.

"If they are beautiful, it's OK," he said.

Thousands of free condoms will be available. Organizers have heard enough about village antics from previous games to know there will be heavy demand by athletes for contraception.

Solo recalled seeing competitors having sex out in the open in Beijing.

"On the grass, between buildings, people are getting down and dirty," the 2008 gold medalist told ESPN The Magazine recently.

Mullin knows how she would react to anything racy: "I'm pretty sure if I see it, I'll end up laughing."

Wild parties in athletes villages are not new. Many of them live in a world where every move is followed by the media and they're delighted to unwind in the privacy of the village, where the outside world is excluded.