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Winter Olympics Runs Out of Condoms as 10,000 Are Snapped up in Three Days
- During the Winter Olympics, free condoms were depleted within three days, with officials saying shipments are en route but timing remains unclear.
- Organizers initially stocked fewer than 10,000 condoms for roughly 3,000 athletes, far fewer than the 300,000 distributed to about 10,500 athletes at the Paris Summer Games two years ago.
- This is the first time media reports say the condom supply has been depleted at the Games, with village rules changed post-COVID and local officials framing the giveaway as routine public-health policy.
- La Stampa criticized organizers' planning over the shortfall, while Lombardy regional governor Attilio Fontana defended free condoms as standard Olympic practice on social media.
- The depletion raises public-health and logistical concerns, and with just under 3,000 competitors, the smaller athlete pool did not prevent a rapid shortage affecting athletes' experience.
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The free condoms for the athletes are a big topic at every Olympics. In Cortina they are out - what the athletes also cares about.
Athletes have exhausted all of the 10,000 condoms available for the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games in just three days.
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Total News Sources111
Leaning Left22Leaning Right14Center14Last UpdatedBias Distribution44% Left
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- 44% of the sources lean Left
44% Left
L 44%
C 28%
R 28%
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