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August 14th, 2008

Chinese condom makers get sporty for the Olympics

Posted by: Belinda Goldsmith

condom2.jpgSex and sport at the Olympics. It’s an irresistible mix — and one which Chinese condom makers don’t want to miss. Chinese company Elasun has come up with a series of Olympic condom advertisements which have gone viral online.      

 condoms1.jpgOrganisers of the Beijing Games are providing 100,000 condoms for athletes at the Olympics as we reported on Tuesday.                    

But it’s certain that these condoms featuring the five cute colourful mascots cfuwa.jpgalled the Fuwa or the Friendlies won’t be among the official condoms handed out with an information pack about HIV awareness.

(Photos courtesy of web sites danwei.org and trendhunter.com)