Paris Olympics organisers are piling up 300,000 condoms, but they can't be used! Know why

Paris will soon host one of the biggest sporting events in the world and organisers from the City of Love have decided to scrape the intimacy restrictions between competing athletes and are stocking up on condoms to distribute in the village.

This summer, the Paris 2024 Olympics will reverse the pandemic-induced restrictions descending from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which asked players to maintain a six and a half feet distance and banned physical contact including handshakes and hugs, and asked limited spectators to just clap instead of chanting or singing.

Why are condoms distributed in Olympic village?

This is not the first time condoms have been a part of the Olympic goodies. Since the 1988 Seoul Olympics, organisers have handed out contraceptives to spread awareness about HIV and AIDS.

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Even during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 150,000 condoms were handed out to athletes but they were strictly prohibited from using them, instructing them to take contraceptives back home as stern COVID-19 restrictions curtailed physical contact.

Scraping the COVID-19 restrictions by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will allow people in the Paris Olympic Village to mingle again, which will reportedly welcome 9,000 athletes and will be given two condoms each every day of the Olympics.

What else is new at Paris Olympic Village?

Laurent Michaud, the director of the 2024 Paris Village, told Sky News that the committee will have a sports bar for athletes, but they will not be able to enjoy the delicacy of French Champagne.

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“Working with the athletes commission, we wanted to create some places where the athletes would feel very enthusiastic and comfortable,” Laurent said. “It’s going to be a great place…they can share their moment and environment here. No champagne in the village, of course but they can have all the champagne they want also in Paris,” he added.

The village will have more than 350 metres of buffet with global cuisine additionally featuring a variety of French specialties, keeping in mind athletes’ diet and nutrition needs, Michaud said.

The 2024 Paris Olympics Village is the single costliest Olympic project at €2 billion (£1.7bn), largely funded by property investors and using €650 of public funds. The grand Olympics opening ceremony will be staged down River Seine with the athletes onboard a fleet of boats.