The Tokyo Olympics is about to start on Friday twenty third July 2021 and all of the taking part athletes from throughout the globe will get round 14 condoms every. The Olympic video games that are scheduled to kick off in Japan will see round 1,60,000 free condoms being distributed among the many athletes but the organisers, nonetheless, suggested the athletes to chorus from utilizing any of the condoms which are to be given to them. Instead, they are hoping that the athletes take them residence to their very own international locations as souvenirs.
The Tokyo Games will carry with it a set of latest guidelines and pointers, given the occasions we live in with the virus (Covid-19) refusing to die down. The athletes can have little selection but to settle for the main restrictions which are to be imposed on them.
As has been the case because the 1988 Seoul Olympics with an eye fixed on the AIDS epidemic, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) shall be distributing condoms as traditional.
“Our intent and goal is not for athletes to use the condoms at the Olympic Village, but to help with awareness by taking them back to their own countries,” the IOC stated, in accordance to a report by Tokyo Sports.
With the brand new pointers issued within the month of February, it has been made clear that the athletes shall be requested to keep social distancing always, ideally two metres from one another, and keep away from any form of bodily contact with their fellow athletes within the village. The athletes have additionally been suggested to keep away from handshaking and hugging and any violation of the rules will lead to a hefty superb.
