Condoms Olympic Village Controversy: BMX Cyclist Caroline Buchanan Tweets 'Haha, the Rumours Are True' [Photos]
Doping accusations and badminton match throws aside, another controversy has surfaced amidst the, now completed, 2012 London Olympic Games.
This time it is a discrepancy of sexual proportions, as accusations of unofficial condom distributions are now circulating.
While there were reportedly an astounding 150,000 condoms that started being handed out on July 27th in the Olympic village, many were said to be of unauthorized brands, according to The Guardian.
It all began with a response to the latest rumors of excessive athletic romping by Australian BMX cyclist Caroline Buchanan, who posted the following via Twitter on August 4th: "Haha, the rumours are true. Olympic village."
The unauthorized condom scandal came about that very same day based on Buchanan's post, which referenced a photo of a condom bucket with a boxing kangaroo on it that read, "Kangaroo condoms, for the gland downunder."
The problem with the plethora of rubbers was that it included condoms from an unauthorized private British firm named Asante. In response to the unapproved condoms, the London Organizing Committee has begun investigating just how the pail of protection items got into the village.
"We will look into this and ask that they are not handed out to other athletes because Durex is our supplier," stated a spokesperson from the committee, also according to the U.K. news website.
The managing director of Asante, Lawrence Boon, made the following comments regarding the company's association with the Games, according to Joe:
"We have no association with the Olympics but we did launch a gold condom this year for champions. With such high teenage pregnancy and STD rates, we try to make people carry condoms by making them fun and interesting."
A spokesperson for Durex said that the company was ""proud to be supplying free condoms for the Olympics Games" but declined to further comment on the unlicensed brands, also according to the site.
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