Off beat, maybe, but interesting none-the-less:

Two-thirds of the 100,000 condoms available to competitors at the Beijing Games have gone unused in the Olympic village’s medical clinic—in stark contrast to previous games.

Organizers ran out of prophylactics at the 2000 Sydney Games, which forced Athens organizers to nearly double the total available to 130,000 four years later.

“Athletes should know about the condoms—it’s a tradition of the Olympic Games,” said Vhao Wyanli, assistant director at the medical clinic inside the Olympic village.

The 10,500 athletes housed in the Olympic village have access to the free condoms as part of a campaign on HIV prevention and anti-discrimination.

Let’s theorize why this phenomenon is occurring at the Beijing Olympics:

• Chinese pollution is having an adverse affect on sexual drive.
• The women’s Olympic weightlifting event is being telecast in the Olympic village.
• They all want Phelps… but he’s too busy eating 12,000 calories of food a day (I wonder how many calorie are in…….  ).

There’s still 6 days left in the Olympics. Any wagers on if the 6,666 condoms remaining in the stockpile will be used? Maybe the closing ceremonies will include some interesting balloon animals.

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