( CNN ) -- It 's Valentine 's Day , and the Olympic village is in the mood -- at least that 's the story according to one champion athlete at this month 's Games . Slopestyle gold medalist Jamie Anderson revealed she had to delete her account with online dating app Tinder before her snowboard event in order to focus on the Olympics . `` Tinder in the Olympic Village is next level , '' the 23-year-old from South Lake Tahoe , California said in an interview with the magazine U.S. Weekly published Wednesday . `` It 's all athletes ! In the mountain village it 's all athletes . It 's hilarious . There are some cuties on there . `` There was a point where I had to be like OK , this is way too distracting . I deleted my account to focus on the Olympics . '' Tinder is a matchmaking app for smartphones that facilitates communication between nearby users , prompting them to decide whether they like each other on the basis of a photograph and a brief profile . If two users select `` like '' for one another , the match is made known to both individuals and they can begin messaging . With most athletes owning smartphones and being active on social media , it was perhaps inevitable that the increasingly popular Tinder would play Cupid at the Olympics . In fact , the company has experienced a 400 % day-over-day increase of new users in Sochi since the Games began last Friday , Tinder CEO and founder Sean Rad told the Wall Street Journal . With almost 3,000 competitors staying in the Olympic Village alone , and that does n't include support staff , officials , media and fans who are all staying nearby . This diverse mix of people from all corners of the globe , for what is essentially one big party over a three-week period , is perhaps why organizers have seen fit to supply roughly 100,000 condoms to the Olympic village . `` I have n't seen it in action but I 've definitely heard the athletes ' village is a melting pot of good-looking people at the top of their sport , '' U.S. snowboarder Alex Diebold told reporters . `` They do provide free condoms , which I think is a really smart move on their part . I think you can get them at the medical office . We 're good-looking people all hanging out together and stuff like that is bound to happen , '' he added . Fellow American Jacqueline Hernandez said while she had been staying offline in the run-up to her snowboard cross event on Sunday , that was unlikely to remain the case for long . `` I have n't gotten on Tinder since I got here . I think after our event when we move up to the mountain ( athletes ' village ) I will definitely try to Tinder it up , '' the 21-year-old said . But while some athletes have taken to modern technology in the search for that someone special in Sochi , others have kept it old-school . The traditional definition of Valentine 's Day , after all , is for couples and singles to express their love -- openly or anonymously -- through cards , candy , flowers and gifts . `` If you have a girlfriend , you should tell her you love her every day , '' said Austrian snowboarder Hanno Douschan . `` Maybe when I get back to the athletes ' village I will find a chocolate heart from the cleaning lady . '' U.S. figure skater Ashley Wagner went one step further and tweeted a Valentine 's card to herself , making light of her underwhelmed reaction to the judges ' scorecards after she performed in the team event last weekend -- an image that went viral . Others are so focused on the competition , however , that Valentine 's Day and the Tinder factor have barely registered . Australia 's Tora Bright , who followed her 2010 halfpipe gold with silver in Sochi , had to be reminded it was February 14 . `` Oh , it 's Valentine 's day today ? '' the snowboarder asked . `` Every day is Valentine 's day . I give my love to all my loved ones every day . `` Well I do n't have a Valentine , so I 'm just going to forget about it . '' Swiss snowboarder Simona Meiler , meanwhile , was none too enamored with the focus on anything other than the sport . `` My plans for Valentine 's Day is to go to the press conference , rest and get ready for tomorrow , '' the 24-year-old said . `` It 's a day of preparation like any other . I 've got other things on my mind , it 's not my focus . ''
Athletes at the Winter Olympics are using dating app Tinder . Gold medalist Jamie Anderson had to delete account as it was too distracting . Organizers have provided more than 100,000 condoms for athletes .