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160,000 Condom Handout Not For Use At 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Organisers Emphasise

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160,000 condom handout not for use at 2020 Tokyo Olympics, organisers emphasise..

Despite warnings to participants to “avoid unnecessary forms of physical contact” at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, organisers are expected to hand out 160,000 branded condoms.

Thousands of athletes will stay at the Olympic Village during the pandemic-delayed 2020 Tokyo Games, which start on Friday, July 23rd and ends August 9th; and the Paralympics from August 25 to September 6.

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According to Statista, a German company specializing in market and consumer data, “approximately 11,100 athletes for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and about 4.4 thousand for the Paralympics were expected to compete at the games.

However, the organising committee told AFP: “The distributed condoms are not meant to be used at the Olympic Village.”

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Instead, they are supposed to be “brought back by athletes to their respective home countries and to help them support the campaign to raise awareness (about HIV/AIDS)”, it added.

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