Internationally-known acts such as the pop rock band Hootie and the Blowfish, reggae musician Ziggy Marley, and rap artist LL Cool J will join the many Atlanta musicians who have been invited to perform. All of the activities in the Olympic Village are free. One activity not sponsored by the Village, but for which officials are preparing, is sex. Dr. S. Boyd Eaton, the Village's clinic doctor, says condoms are available for athletes who choose to engage in sexual activity. After all, thousands of young people in their physical prime will be living in close quarters for several days.
Romantic trysts are inevitable.
It wouldn't be the first time love blossomed at the Olympic Games. A legendary, Olympic romance took place at the 1956 Games in Melbourne, Australia, between Harold Connolly, an American hammer thrower, and Olga Fikotova, then of Czechoslovakia. They met in the Olympic Village and reportedly fell in love at first sight. Both were inspired to win gold medals. Their relationship became an international sensation, especially in the West, since Fikotova was from behind the Iron Curtain.