Already a record has been smashed ahead of this month's Winter Olympics in South Korea - for the largest number of free condoms handed out at a Winter Games, organisers say. A total of 110,000 contraceptive sheaths will be distributed before the beginning of the games on Friday week (9 February) - 10,000 more than at Vancouver in 2010 or Sochi in 2014.
With nearly 3,000 athletes taking part, the number of condoms distributed equates to an average of 37.6 per sportsman and sportswoman - they will be made available to all participants.
The amount of condoms distributed ahead of major sporting events such as the Olympics and Winter Olympics has steadily increased.
'Baskets with condoms will be placed at both men's and women's toilets at athletes' villages in Pyeongchang and Gangneung, the main press centre, the media village as well as medical centres, the organisers said.
Rubber manufacturer Convenience Co has donated 100,000 of the condoms, saying it did so for 'a successful hosting of the Winter Olympics and the prevention of the spread of the HIV virus'.
