London 2012 To Inquire Unofficial Condoms At Olympic Village
A tweet by an Aussie athlete prompts an official investigation.
2. Durex: The Official Condoms At The Olympic Games
The Guardian Reports:
“London 2012 are investigating how a bucket of unofficial condoms found its way into the athletes’ village without official consent.
The Australian BMX cyclist Caroline Buchanan tweeted a photograph of the bucket, which featured a sign reading “Kangaroos condoms, for the gland downunder”, and a picture of a boxing kangaroo.
She joked that bucket seemed to back up rumours that the village becomes a hot bed of activity as thousands of competitors complete their events and celebrate after years of working to get to the Olympics – tweeting: “Haha, the rumours are true. Olympic village.”
Barcelona started the trend of supplying free condoms to athletes when the Spanish city held the Olympics in 1992, with the International Olympic Committee endorsing the move.
The London Olympic organisers provided 150,000 free condoms in dispensers for the 10,800 athletes at the Games, supplied by Durex which paid for the supply rights.
A Locog spokeswoman said they were trying to find out who distributed the Kangaroo condoms, with the container shown to hold condoms from Durex’s rivals Ansell Ltd, an Australian company, and Pasante, a private British firm.”
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