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Nov 7 2009, Jason

There was apparently not quite as much fun and games being played as expected by organizers at last year’s Beijing Olympics with news breaking that a stash of 5,000 leftover “Olympic condoms'’ will be placed up for auction.

One man went around the...

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Member of the International Olympic Committe (IOC) Coordination Commission for the London Games in 2012 Gilbert Felli speaks to the media in London, Thursday, April 23, 2009. The International Olympic Committee and the London Organising Committee of the.