IOC issues stern warning to athletes on physical contact during Olympics, Japan worried about 1,60,000 condoms

BY A STAFF REPORTER: The International Olympic Committee has directed that residents of the Olympic village must observe social distancing guidelines to prevent an outbreak of Covid-19. The IOC has threatened rule-breakers with a range of penalties, including fines, disqualification or even deportation. Athletes, according to the public health measures outlined in the latest Olympic playbook, must “avoid unnecessary forms of physical contact”. The Japanese organisers are red-faced about the fate of 160,000 condoms that, in keeping with Olympic tradition, are due to be handed out in the village this summer. Hundreds of thousands of free condoms have been distributed since Seoul 1988 to encourage safe sex during the unofficial Olympic sport of bed-hopping among athletes from over 200 countries who spend weeks living in close quarters. However, if the 15,000 Olympic and Paralympic athletes observe Covid-19 rules to the letter during their stay in Tokyo, this year’s consignment will go unused.

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