Coco Gauff reveals why her entire team QUIT Olympic Village leaving her all alone as tennis star shares insane video
THE USA women’s tennis team have all left the Olympic Village… except Coco Gauff.
The World No2 made a amazing revelation on a TikTok video she shared with her followers.
Coco Gauff has revealed the cramped living conditions that forced USA tennis stars to quit the Olympic Village
The clip online showed the conditions the athletes are expected to live in as the compete in the Games.
And the 20-year-old was particularly miffed about 10 women having to share just two bathrooms in the facility that cost a whopping 1.3million.
A chaotic recording showed several members of Team USA doing their hair, makeup and getting dressed before the first day of Paris 2024.
Gauff captioned the post: “10 girls, two bathrooms #olympicvillage.”
That prompted one fan to comment: “I would go to a hotel.”
To which Gauff replied: “‘All the tennis girls moved to a hotel except me. so now just 5 girls two bathrooms.”
Despite the cramped living conditions, Gauff conceded she was enjoying herself in the Olympic Village, where thousands of competitors from the around the world are staying.
“Well it’s only 5 girls now so I have the room alone. roommates are very chill. I love it,” she explained.
Another fan drew attention to the cardboard beds and their potential uncomfortableness.
Gauff responded: “Archery team lended me a mattress topper.”
The tennis star’s complaint comes after the Australian Olympic Committee revealed they have told their swimmers they have to leave the village 48 hours after their events.
While Australian water polo stars Tilly Kearns and her teammate Gabi Palm have publicly slammed the cardboard beds.
Kearns moaned on social media: “Already had a massage to undo the damage.”
Palm added: “My back is about to fall off.”
Some high-profile athletes, including basketball stars LeBron James and Steph Curry are staying in luxury digs instead of in the Village.
Team USA’s Olympic Village Director Daniel Smith told US magazine People : “If a sport star decides not to stay in [the Village], they have to find their own arrangements in terms of where they’re going to stay, and make their own hotel contracts.”
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“A challenge with that is that basically you’re outside of the bubble at that point and Paris 2024 won’t provide you transportation from your specific hotel,” he added.
“All of the meals, all of those additional pieces that come along with logistics that athletes in the Village get, you stay out and all of that is on you.”
