EVERYONE knows seafarers are a resourceful lot, but who knew that extended to canoeists? Recent Australian Olympic slalom champion Jess Fox raised eyebrows earlier this week when she used a condom to fix the damaged nose of her kayak (pictured). Fox, who later navigated the kayak to a bronze medal...
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EVERYONE knows seafarers are a resourceful lot, but who knew that extended to canoeists?
Recent Australian Olympic slalom champion Jess Fox raised eyebrows earlier this week when she used a condom to fix the damaged nose of her kayak (pictured).
Fox, who later navigated the kayak to a bronze medal in the K1 event, filmed a member of her crew covering the end of the kayak with a carbon mixture, then stretching the condom over top to secure it.
The Tokyo Organizing Committee said it plans on distributing 150,000 condoms during the Olympic Games, but they are intended to be used once the athletes return home.
Let’s hope that upon review, it doesn’t cost Fox her medal!
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