Paris Olympic Games: 200,000 condoms available to athletes at 'Las Vegas' village

Organizers have moved to supply the athletes competing at the Olympic Games in Paris with 200,000 condoms and other forms of contraception upon arrival at the Olympic Village .

Some 10,500 athletes will descend on the French capital to take part in the spectacle, which will run from July 26 until Aug. 11. At a cost of approximately $2.2 billion, the accommodation for the stars of this summer's Games is situated in Saint-Denis, which is home to the Stade de France.

It appears that no expense has been spared to ensure that competitors are able to practice safe sex during their stay too with 200,000 of condoms, 20,000 female condoms and 10,000 dental dams available for athletes. This is a 33 percent increase on the amount that stars had available to them at London 2012.

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Organizers are also ensuring the well-being of those present by laying on STD clinics at the Olympic Village throughout the duration of the Games. The amount of contraception on offer for athletes in the French capital outstrips that of Seoul in 1998, when 8,500 condoms were supplied, while some 90,000 were needed at Sydney 2000 - with the first quantity of 70,000 running out.

Previously, Olympians of the past have admitted that athletes are no strangers to cosying up to their fellow athletes during the Games. USA water polo captain Tony Azevedo previously commented: "It’s like the first day of college. You’re nervous, super excited. Everyone’s meeting people and trying to hook up with someone."

Meanwhile USA women's soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo also confessed that stars have not exactly been discreet about their dalliances in the past, saying: "There’s a lot of sex going on. I’ve seen people having sex right out in the open. On the grass, between buildings, people getting down and dirty."

Laurent Michaud, director of the Olympic Village, previously spoke about the desire of organizers to ensure "conviviality" at the Games this summer. He told Sky News : "It is very important that the conviviality here is something big. Working with the athletes commission, we wanted to create some places where the athletes would feel very enthusiastic and comfortable."

Going into more detail about the welcome that athletes can expect to receive during their respective stays in the French capital, he said: "No champagne in the village, of course, but they can have all the champagne they want also in Paris.

"We will have more than 350 metres of buffet with the world food... and I'm sure that the athletes will be very happy to have some French specialties made over here. But the variety will first respond to the athletes' needs for their nutrition and their performance."