By Henry Hanson and Reuters
(ABC-Australia) Both on and off the ice, protective gear is in hot demand at the Milano Cortina Winter Games.
And some of it is in perilously short supply, according to Italian outlet La Stampa.
The newspaper has reported that the complimentary condom allowance at the Olympic Village has been exhausted in record time.
“The supplies ran out in just three days,” an anonymous athlete said.
“They promised us more will arrive, but who knows when.”
Reportedly, just 10,000 condoms were made available at the start of the Games, compared with the 300,000 that were provided at the Summer Games in 2024 (although there were over three times as many athletes in Paris as there are currently in Italy).
Before the supply ran dry, Spanish athlete Olivia Smart took to Instagram to provide proof of the Lombardy-branded prophylactics.