Mick Hartley

BBC headline: "China to auction Olympics condoms".

So….who else assumed we were talking here about used condoms? A chance for some genetic boosting; top price for Usain Bolt….

But no:

When the Olympics hosted by Beijing ended, a collector snapped up the 5,000 condoms left over from the 100,000 distributed free to athletes. The collection has now been put up for a one-off auction, with a starting price of one yuan ($0.15; £0.08) each.

Each condom wrapper carries the motto of the Beijing Games – faster, higher, stronger – in English and Chinese.

5000 unused – which means 95,000 were used. A new Olympic record…