What REALLY goes on at the Olympic Village: Inside the accommodation where top athletes spend their down-time, including a hairdresser and a creche (but don't ask for French fries!)

It has almost been a week since nan Olympics kicked disconnected successful Paris connected July 26 and Team GB has won respective golden medals successful various sports, from swimming and diving to nan canoe slalom. 

After a agelong time of competing, 14,000 athletes descend onto nan Olympic Village, which is dispersed crossed 3 areas successful Paris, Saint-Denis, Saint Ouen and L'Île-Saint-Denis.

But really do nan athletes relax aft training for an arena for nan past 4 years?

The reply is to sojourn a Tiki barroom for immoderate drinks, get their hairsbreadth and nails done successful nan salon and relax successful a mindfulness room. 

Here, FEMAIL takes a look astatine everything Olympians whitethorn get up to erstwhile they aren't bagging gold, metallic and bronze for their countries.  

Tiki bar

Team Australia tennis subordinate Daria Saville, 30, shared what nan wrong of nan Olympic Village was for illustration connected her TikTok page.

She was stepping pinch her friends erstwhile they came crossed a trendy woody Tiki barroom that had various plants increasing retired of it. 

The barroom was blasting euphony to support spirits precocious and athletes could get various non-alcoholic drinks. Some of them moreover person their ain DJs. 

These are dotted passim nan colony truthful they tin quench their thirst aft a agelong time of competing for gold. 

Daria could beryllium heard saying: 'I'm guessing it tastes for illustration brew but is non-alcoholic?'

Viewers expressed really suspicious they were for not getting to enactment there, pinch others  branding nan colony an 'adult summertime camp'.

Bakery, Costa java and slushies 

Jennifer Lehane, a squad Ireland boxer, besides shared much accusation astir nan wrong of nan colony for nan Paris Olympics. 

She said athletes get freshly baked breadstuff and pastries wrong a shop, nevertheless it is each seemingly free of charge. 

She besides revealed that location is simply a Costa java guidelines wherever Olympians tin get their caffeine hole without spending a penny. 

The stall is connected their doorstep, meaning they tin measurement retired and get immoderate beverage they for illustration aft a time of training.

The squad Ireland campy has besides sewage a free slushie instrumentality pinch 4 different flavours truthful they tin cool down successful nan basking weather. 

Jennifer also shared that location was a Tiki bar, prompting a consequence from Simone Biles who said: 'Where is this tiki barroom you speak of??!!'

She past responded: 'Past nan Olympic rings to nan right! I will gladly show you. Have a awesome tournament.'

Canteen offering world cuisine 

The catering work makes up to 60,000 meals a time and location are 3,300 seats successful nan main restaurant. 

Australian boxer Tina Rahimi showed her followers astir nan grounds, detailing nan different dishes you tin get. 

Athletes from astir nan world tin eat their favourite foods arsenic each state is surgery up into different sections, pinch nan paper rotating each 8 days.

These scope from French cuisine to African-Caribbean food. The venue besides has a legal conception for those who travel nan Islamic faith. 

Hairdresser and beauty salons

The Olympic colony is besides location to glamorous hairdressers and beauty salons pinch unit connected manus to thief athletes look their best.

They connection a assortment of free treatments specified arsenic manicures, hairsbreadth styling, facial grooming, hairsbreadth cuts and washing.

Dutch swimmer Valerie Vanroon got her hairsbreadth washed, trim and styled during her travel to nan salon and seemed very pleased pinch nan result. 

Gym and mindfulness rooms 

As an jock representing your country, it is important that they enactment fresh and healthy, truthful it is nary astonishment location is simply a large, fully-equipped gym for them to usage that is unfastened 24 hours-a-day.  

Jessica Fox, an Australian canoeist, shared nan inside of nan Olympic Village pinch her followers.

She entered nan gym and showed them that it had respective workout bikes, rowing machines and squat racks. 

It besides has a mindfulness room, pinch relaxing bluish lights wrong on pinch yoga mats pinch couches truthful they tin remainder aft a agelong day.

A crèche 

For nan first time, nan Olympic Village now offers a nursery fully-equipped pinch play areas and instrumentality for parents, specified arsenic wipes and nappies.

It is nan first clip parents tin driblet their children disconnected to play arsenic it is unfastened from 9am to 9pm each time during nan games. There is besides a backstage breastfeeding space.

Two families tin entree nan abstraction astatine nan aforesaid time, pinch athletes specified arsenic Hillary Heron already utilizing nan nursery. 

...And nan things it doesn't have

While Olympians whitethorn beryllium capable to bask a canteen afloat of their favourite foods from astir nan world, nan 2 things they won't beryllium capable to indulge successful gallic fries, foie gras and avocados. 

This is because organisers cited logistical problems and imaginable risks to offering these dishes. 

 Earlier this year, Charles Guilloy, a cook astatine nan village, told nan New York Times: 'French fries are excessively risky because of fire-hazard concerns complete deep-fat fryers.

'No to foie gras (which is nan liver of a duck aliases goose) because animal well-being is connected everyone's mind. 

'And nary to avocados because they are imported from a awesome region and devour a batch of water.'

But Team GB bosses revealed that they were flying their ain chefs retired location aft calling nan nutrient connected connection 'inadequate'.

Andy Anson, nan British Olympic Association’s main executive, told nan Times: 'There are not capable of definite foods, eggs, chicken, definite carbohydrates, and past location is nan value of nan food, pinch earthy nutrient being served to athletes.'

Sodexo Live, nan institution successful complaint of catering, said it has accrued nan regular bid of nan astir celebrated foods specified arsenic eggs and chickenhearted aft complaints.

A spokesperson told L’Equipe that they are 'working to summation our supplies to nan restaurants successful nan athletes’ village'.