In preparation for the upcoming Summer Olympics being held in Rio de Janiero, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is leaving no one unprotected when it comes to safe sex for the athletes.
According to the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, the IOC will provide 100,000 female condoms and 350,000 male condoms to the 10,500 athletes expected to participate in the games. In addition, 175,000 packets of lubricant will be provided as well.
In recent years, the IOC has generally provided between 100,000 and 150,000 condoms to athletes attending the games. Officials say that the substantial increase in condom availability is because this is the first time the IOC will be providing female condoms as well.
There is also a possibility that the IOC may be taking steps to reduce the potential for transmission of Zika virus from the current outbreak in Brazil, although them organization has not officially commented on this topic.
Olympic Village, the temporary headquarters for housing most of the thousands of athletes participating in the games, has earned a reputation for being “a magical, fairy-tale place, like Alice in Wonderland, where everything is possible,” said Carrie Sheinberg, a skier from the ’94 Winter Games. “You could win a gold medal and you can sleep with a really hot guy.”
“There’s a lot of sex going on,” according Hope Solo, the U.S. Soccer Women’s Goalkeeper and gold medalist.
“I’d say it’s 70 percent to 75 percent of Olympians,” estimated Ryan Lochte, a 3-time Olympian in swimming.
Regardless of whether or not athletes medal in their respective events, it appears that the games continue long after the climb down from the medal stand.
