The amount of sexual intercourse that goes on in the Olympic Village every two years is legendary. In fact, they even encourage it by providing 100,000 condoms for free. If that’s not enough, the 2012 Olympics in London have a sexual logo. We touched on the reason two years ago by saying, “The Olympic Village is like a summer sleep-away camp but worse — you’re sticking a bunch of sexually deprived world-class athletes all in closed quarters, with nothing but raging, competitive hormones pumping through their veins.” That’s why it’s no surprise to read that they almost ran out of condoms in Vancouver this week. From the National Post via Sports by Brooks:

Health officials in Vancouver have already provided 100,000 free condoms to the roughly 7,000 ahtletes and officials at the Games. That’s about 14 condoms per person. But as of Wednesday, those supplies started running dangerously low.

So naturally, the Canadian Foundation for AIDS research decided to step and make sure there were no hitches in Olympic action.

Three boxes of about 8,500 condoms were sent in as relief. Any wonder why Lindsey Vonn’s husband serves as her manager? Dude’s no dummy. It’s just a shame that the Winter Games don’t have as many good looking girls as the Summer Games in Beijing. The same can probably be said for the men.

Russian star player Alex Ovechkin tanked big time in Russia’s horrific 7-3 loss to Canada in the quarterfinals at the Olympics Wednesday. Ovie was outplayed and barely got any shots on goal as his team feel behind early. Unhappy with his team’s performance, Ovechkin was clearly pissed after the game. In his TV interview with NBC, he was asked how he felt following the loss that sent his country home empty-handed. His response was curt, “How do you think I’m going to feel? We just lost.” He even took his anger and disappointment out on a Russian fan by knocking her camera in the hallway. Watch this video courtesy of Deadspin:

I look at this the same way I view LeBron not shaking hands after the Eastern Conference finals last year — it’s great that the player shows this much passion and is that disappointed with losing, but it’s unacceptable to behave that way. It’s an understandable reaction but you need to be more gracious in losses and you surely shouldn’t mess with the fans the way he did. I’m sure Ovechkin learned his lesson.

German speedskater Patrick Beckert might not be close to the top of his field but he’s good enough to be an alternate at the Winter Games in Vancouver. The poor guy hit some bad luck on Wednesday when he got a call to replace Italy’s Enrico Fabris in the men’s 1000m race. He apparently didn’t receive notice until 15 minutes prior to the race, leaving him too little time to make it to the hall. What’s the reason for the late notice? Beckert had his cell phone off. Beckert wasn’t the only skater with bad luck — he was the fourth alternate meaning they couldn’t get a hold of the other three!

I’m not saying Beckert would have come close to medaling, but you never know what can happen when people are racing in close quarters — falls happen. Americans Shani Davis and Chad Hendrick wound up winning two of the three medals in the event, from what I can tell meaning Beckert just recently revealed the sad news. At least he didn’t screw up as badly as Sven Kramer, and now he knows to keep that celly on like a doctor with a beeper. Thanks to Bild and NBC’s blog for the story.

While everyone was busy discussing the Tiger Woods apology statement on Friday, some Olympics news was being made. Snowboarder Scotty Lago decided to leave Vancouver after these embarrassing, risque photos of him emerged. And when I say emerged, I mean that one of the thousands of paparazzi roving the city snapped them. Let’s give credit to Splash News Online and TMZ for hooking these pics up:

If I were to win an Olympic medal, hanging it around my waist for girls to lick as if they were performing oral sex would probably be the first thing I’d do with it. No doubt. Of course, this is a snowboarder about whom we’re talking so should we really be surprised? They’re the same people who choose jeans and flannel for snowboarding outfits and complain about opposing team’s pants being too skinny. Nice going, Scotty. Let this be your first lesson in popularity: once you’ve won a medal, there are certain things you can no longer do without some backlash. This is one of them.

I’m no Olympics historian, but I can’t believe the U.S. ever had a better single day at the Olympics than they did on Wednesday. In all, six medals were scored by the country over three events that included one gold-silver finish and two gold-bronze finishes. Not only were the six medals an impressive haul but what seemed more impressive was the three gold medals won by some of the country’s highest profile athletes. We’re so used to seeing athletes get touted in advance of the Olympics only to fall short of the hype and expectations (Bode Miller, anyone?). How often is it that we see the performance in the Winter Games match the pre-Games buzz? Not very.

Despite the Sports Illustrated cover and the talk of the shin injury, Lindsey Vonn still managed to grab gold in the downhill skiing. Despite all the anticipation and expectation that Shaun White would live up to his billing as the best snowboarder in the world, he delivered without fail. In fact, he improved upon his first run score even though he had already secured the gold medal prior to his final run. Shani Davis took home the gold in the 1000m with Chad Hendricks grabbing the bronze. Julia Mancuso made it a gold-silver finish for the U.S. in the downhill while Scotty Lago won the bronze in the halfpipe.

In a day where we’re constantly disappointed by athletes who offer more style than substance and a time where performance frequently fails to match hype, our athletes lived up to their billing and gave us their best. It’s a pleasure to see our Olympians deliver at the Winter Games and it’s nice to recognize their accomplishments. Congratulations to the Olympians who medaled on Wednesday and hopefully they add onto an already impressive performance.

Maybe I just don’t have enough “brah” in my personality to fully appreciate the entire snowboarding aura because I really don’t get the Team USA outfits for the Winter Games. The dudes are wearing flannel hoodies for tops and denim-type jeans for pants. I swear I have a matching shirt in my drawer but I usually wear it when I go to bed; they’re using it to represent the country in the Olympics. At least nobody can accuse them of being sellouts. Anyway, here are the pics from the podium after Shaun White won gold and Scotty Lago captured bronze at the halfpipe:

The snowboarding outfits have actually been a topic of controversy during these Winter Games. Team USA member Nate Holland was upset that the Canadians are wearing pants that are too tight. Holland’s issue is that having tighter pants makes you more aerodynamic and gives snowboarders a competitive advantage. The problem is that wearing tight pants goes against the “integrity” of the sport. How stupid can you be? If he’s choosing fashion over competition then that’s his problem. Image isn’t everything but obviously it is to him. Regardless, the baggy outfits haven’t hurt Team USA in halfpipe competition and that’s all that matters.