TOKYO – Tokyo Olympic organizers plan to give away about 150,000 condoms at next month’s Games, but are telling athletes to take them home rather than use them in the Olympic village where social distancing rules and coronavirus measures are the top priority.
Large numbers of condoms have been given out at the Games since the 1988 Seoul Olympics to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS, and organizers said the International Olympic Committee had requested their continued distribution.
But athletes have been told to keep their distance from each other, meaning fewer opportunities to mingle and more.
“The distribution of condoms is not for use at the athlete’s village, but to have a…
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