Overview
- Kirkby shared Instagram updates showing a Valentine’s Day spa and sauna outing with a male companion whose face she obscured, noting pleasant company and a planned dinner.
- She previously invited suitors via dating apps and fan messages as part of a public experiment documenting an Olympian’s dating life.
- Kirkby has said she received hundreds of messages during the Games and has begun replying to some of them.
- Some outlets reported her account that a fan traveled from the United Kingdom to meet her for the date, a detail attributed to her comments and not independently verified in the coverage.
- Separate reports said free condoms in the Olympic village were depleted, with IOC spokesman Mark Adams wryly acknowledging high usage.