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TEAM GB athletes can expect a “really nice, really artistic” show if they take up the offer of free entrance to a Paris strip club.
But the French cabaret venue refused to reveal which Olympians have taken up the freebie.
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Secret Square in Paris, just 500m from the iconic Arc de Triomphe, has put on a special offer to entice the stars to relax and unwind away from the pressures of the competition.
The usual €25 (£21) entrance fee is being waived for anyone working at Paris 2024 - but they can then pay £30 for a table dance or £60 for a private dance.
Defne, commercial assistant at the club, told SunSport: “With our special offer, we just wanted Team GB to feel welcome in Paris and to have fun at our place.
“Athletes can come to the Secret Square and experience what nights in a French cabaret are like.
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“They can just come to relax and enjoy the show. After a tough day, they can just let it go a bit.
“You've got stripteasers, you've got food, you've got everything you need.
“Then you can buy tickets for private dances which happen out the back where the dancer finishes in full nude - it's really artistic, it's really nice.
“There are also dance table tickets where the dancer comes to your table to do a lap dance and it finishes once they’re topless.
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“And before you ask I can't tell you if any athletes have been contacting us already or not.”
The cabaret club opened in 2002 as part of the notorious Stringfellows franchise before going independent in 2009.
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Secret Square - which hosted a special sports-themed night to mark the opening ceremony - has now forged a reputation as one of the city's highest-rated "adult venues" which has mastered the art of "French striptease".
The website says: “Immerse yourself in the boudoir atmosphere, inspired by Shanghai in the 1920s, with red velvet sofas, candles and dim lighting, creating an atmosphere conducive to seduction… it is the absolute temple of sensuality and striptease in Paris.”
Doors open at 8.30pm with the restaurant open until midnight, with Olympics workers and athletes getting 20 per cent off their dinner bill.
And that is significant - because Secret Square charge up to £4,200 for their top bottle of Dom Perignon champagne and £5,000 for a Hennessy Timeless cognac, while soft drinks and beers start from £17.
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However, from 10pm until close at 4am, the dancers are on hand to strut their stuff on the poles dotted around the underground venue.
Defne added: “The food is absolutely delicious. Everything is homemade. I get to taste every dessert so I can tell you it's amazing.
“The good thing for the athletes is we have a lot of super healthy food with fish and vegetables and we also do alcohol-free cocktails.
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“At 10pm, the dancers arrive so you can eat while watching the dancers or you can simply come for a drink and enjoy the show.
“You’ve got time to have fun.”
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Nearly 15,000 residents - around 10,500 of which are athletes - will be cramming into the Olympic village between July 26 and August 11.
To ensure the athletes feel at home, a number of provisions have been made by organisers.
One of these is the stocking of some 300,000 condoms, in theory enough for around two every day during the run of the Games.
A number of Olympic athletes have opened the door on their steamy lives behind-the-scenes when in camp, including huge sex orgies and parties.
London 2012 had claimed the title of "the raunchiest Games ever", but the 150,000 condoms ordered paled in comparison to the 450,000 ordered for the Rio Games four years later.
Condoms have been laid on by organisers at every game since Seoul 1988, when it they were used to spread awareness of HIV and AIDS.
Even with an intimacy ban at Tokyo 2020 due to Covid-19, some 150,000 johnnies were handed out.
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