BIRDS do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it - but no one does it quite as much as Olympic athletes do it. There are 10, competitors in Rio, making that 42 condoms each β even before Australia, Britain and other nations ordered in extra allocations.
The first reports stem to Seoul when 8, condoms were distributed. Many were found on the roofs of the village residences leading to an official Olympic ban on outdoor sex. In the figure went up more than 10 fold to 90,, although Atlanta, in the US deep south, scaled it back to 15, An initial 70, at the Sydney Olympics was not enough and extra supplies had to be brought in during the event.
There were , in Athens. Culbert is also a media and PR specialist with his own company β Jump Media. Protection from the Zika virus? Culbert said the earlier an athlete competed at the Games likely had an impact on how hard they went thereafter. There were , condoms made available there. It paid off: She won the slope-style gold medal. Some athletes, notably Americans, felt liberated enough to talk freely about sex. ESPN reported that six athletes enjoyed an orgy in a hot tub at the village as , condoms were distributed.
There were rumours that they ran out, leading to a top up. US javelin thrower Breaux Greer told ESPN that he had relations with three women every day of the Olympics and enjoyed the company of a another on the flight home. But the story of Josh Lakatos takes some beating. After team management asked him to check out of the village, he stayed on surepitiously and allowed US teammates to hook up in the spare rooms of his villa. Sign in.
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