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Organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympics are distributing 300,000 condoms in the Olympic Village, shifting away from the intimacy ban of the Tokyo Games. 

The Olympic Village is set to host 9,000 athletes, with condom availability ensuring nearly two for each athlete daily throughout the Games. This initiative marks a significant change from the previous games’ restrictions, encouraging a more open and interactive environment. 

Laurent Michaud, director of the 2024 Paris Village: “We are aiming to have 300,000 condoms here at disposal for the athletes in the village. We want to create some places where the athletes will feel very enthusiastic and comfortable so they can have some conversations, discussions and to share their core values about sports. It is very important that the conviviality here is something big.”

Michaud continued: “We have made a Village Club with a lounge with a sports bar with Coca Cola. No alcohol of course over there. But it’s going to be a great place so they can actually 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.”