SOCHI, Russia – There’s a lot of down time in the Olympic athletes’ village during the Summer Games. And there's free alcohol at village entertainment centers. And there are 7,000 really fit men and women living in close proximity to each other for weeks on end.
Hence, there’s a lot of sex in the Olympic athletes’ village.
A whole lot. As U.S. Olympian Hope Solo put it during the 2012 London Games: “I've seen people having sex right out in the open. On the grass, between buildings, people are getting down and dirty.”
Of course, these athletes would like nothing more than to leave the Olympics with medals, memories and, uh, nothing unexpected. So the proliferation of prophylactics becomes a story every Olympiad – including a record 150,000 condoms on hand for the London Games.
So what’s the rubber report for Sochi?
According to no less an authority than TMZ, Sochi Olympic officials will have 100,000 condoms to give out to the athletes in three different Olympic villages:
A rep for the International Olympic Committee tells us ... "The distribution of condoms in the village is part of the IOC’s involvement in the HIV and AIDS prevention."
This is true. We’ve done our own undercover work with condoms in the Olympic village, and discovered a few things:
1. The condoms aren’t simply handed to athletes as they enter the village like McDonalds coupons and garish jackets. They’re available, for free, at the medical centers inside the athletes’ villages.
2. As you can see, they’re found at the reception desk of the medical facilities, in dainty glasses that would normally house your Great Aunt’s butterscotch candy.
3. While Durex had the market cornered for condoms in London – well, save for those crafty Aussies– the Sochi organizers have a deal with Love Condoms, which is an initiative from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation to raise awareness and gain acceptance for their use. Love Condoms has provided condoms to the organizers, and were already in place in the village well before opening ceremonies.
One hundred thousand condoms … well, Putin did vow to keep the Olympics safe.
You might think that’s a rather large number of prophylactics in Sochi, but please keep in mind that snowboarding remains an Olympic sport ...
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My day is complete now knowing of the safety of everyone there. Thank you Yahoo for another job well done of a story.
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If the water is orange, herds of ghetto elk (that's a stray dog to the uninitiated) roaming the streets and missing manhole covers are you REALLY going to use a Sochi condom? I think not.
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Well, it's the best way to celebrate or to recover from the agony of defeat that I'm aware of.
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lindsey vonn prolly knew about this from past experiences & thats why she dropped out. Tiger woulda had too much free time to explore.
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I think it was Chris Rock who said:
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"I usually wear two condoms all of the time, when it's time for sex, I just rip one of 'em off and I feel like I'm going bareback!!" - Full • Report Abuse
Or, they could "pull out" AT the Olympics as opposed to pull out OF the Olympics.
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Circassians are a people indigenous to the North Caucasus region, most of whom were scattered across the globe by a 19th century tsarist military campaign that caused the deaths of huge numbers.
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Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas and Guanabara Bay will be the site of water sport events during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Although Rio's Olympic bid included the promise to clean up the filthy waters, industrial and human pollution still remain a major problem.
According to the Deputy State Secretary of Environment just 34% of Rio's sewage is treated while the remainder flows untreated into the waters. (Getty) More » -
Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas and Guanabara Bay will be the site of water sport events during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Although Rio's Olympic bid included the promise to clean up the filthy waters, industrial and human pollution still remain a major problem.
According to the Deputy State Secretary of Environment just 34% of Rio's sewage is treated while the remainder flows untreated into the waters. (Getty)
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