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Leftover Beijing Olympics condoms to be auctioned

Some 5,000 of the condoms distributed to Olympics athletes at the Beijing Games are to be auctioned off. ...full story at BBC News

from BBC News on Fri, Nov 06 2009

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10 Aug 08 visit When the world's fittest all gather in one place and there aren't any condoms...  »  Shanghaiist During the Sydney Olympics, 70,000 condoms were distributed to athletes for their use but they ran out so fast that another 20,000 had to be brought in. Learning their lesson, officials for the Athens games provided 130,000 condoms free of charge to...
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