The Amount Of Condoms Sent To The Rio Olympics Is Insane

#1 Around 450,000 condoms are being sent for the athletes in the Rio Games

with 100,000 of them being female condoms which are available for the first time.

#2 The number is higher than previous Olympic Games in part because 100,000 female condoms will be available for the first time,

along with 350,000 condoms for men.

#3 The amount is three times more than for the London Games four years ago, according to the International Olympic Committee.

About 175,000 packets of lubricant are also being supplied.

#4 The IOC insists the condoms would encourage 10,500 athletes and staff to practice safe sex.

#5 The condoms will be distributed free from a clinic in the Athletes’ Village, or from vending machines in the area.

The village opens on July 24 with the Olympics opening on August 5.

#6 It’s not clear if the increase in contraception is related to Brazil’s outbreak of the Zika virus.

The Zika virus is carried by mosquitoes, but can also be transmitted sexually.

#7 The virus is linked to microcephaly, a condition in which babies are born with undersized brains and skulls.

#8 Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo said between 100,000 to 150,000 condoms had been supplied at Olympics since 2000 in Sydney.