The trend of distributing condoms started at the Barcelona Olympics, and it continued in Sydney and Athens, and now Beijing is doing it. The country has distributed more than 100,000 condoms to athletes. Barcelona distributed free condoms to participating athletes in 1992 to raise HIV/AIDS awareness. At the Sydney Olympics, officials also distributed about 70,000 condoms, but ran out and had to order 20,000 more condoms.
The Foundation for AIDS Research, amfAR, distributed 100,000 condoms at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002, but originally they had planned to distribute 250,000 condoms. After religious groups in Utah protested, organizers had to scale back and distribute fewer condoms.
At Athens Olympics in 2004, about 130,000 condoms were distributed.
Beijing wants to do the same for the more than 10,500 athletes that are participating in the Olympics. UNAIDS, the Beijing organizing committee BOCOG and International Olympics Committee (IOC) are supplying 100,000 condoms as part of a campaign on HIV prevention and anti-discrimination.
Prostitution is not allowed in China, but organizers know they can’t prevent sexual activities within the Olympic village, so the least they can do is promote safe sex.
Ole Hansen, spokesman for UNAIDS China, told Reuters: "There are many young, strong, single people in the athletes' village and, like everywhere, some will fall in love or other things so we need to make condoms available…A lot of these young people are not married or in relationships so we want to make sure they have the information and tools to protect themselves if they have sexual encounters."
Hansen said condoms will be available at the medical centers and athletes’ centers. Since the athletes represent various religions, and some may be offended by providing condoms directly to them, organizers are providing two condoms discretely inside a brochure about HIV.
Athletes can take as many brochures as they like and give them to their friends or teammates, according to Hansen.
Lucky people... >.< I wonder if this happens in the Singapore Sports School... T.T What will Singapore do in the 2010 YOG? Free Condoms?
Ooh! I wonder if that 14 year old Tom Daley had (or is having) sex in Beijing.... >.>
Anyways, orals tmr......sianz....
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