We're nearly at the end of the first week of the Tokyo Olympic Games and a lot has happened.
Skating (and surfing!) made their Olympic debut, an Australian coach went viral for his hilarious reaction to swimmer Ariarne Titmus winning gold and we've gotten glimpses of Olympic Village life through TikTok.
To top things off, we have Australian canoeist Jess Fox taking to Instagram to share how an Olympic village condom — yes, you read that right — was responsible for fixing her damaged kayak.
Now, a bit of context — Jess is currently representing Australia in canoe slalom, which involves navigating oneself through upstream and downstream gates on a whitewater course in the fastest time.
So, it makes sense that Jess' kayak got damaged. Enter: The life-saving condom, which was one of the reasons why she was able to chase gold in the women's K-1 slalom finals.
As shown in the video, the kayak was first covered in a carbon mixture, before being held in place with the condom due to its ~stretchy~ and ~strong~ properties.
Ta-dah! All fixed now.
Although Jess ultimately ended up scoring the bronze medal (which is still an incredible result!), she's now immortalised herself in the Olympic hall of fame for her ingenuity.
