OREANDA-NEWS. August 19, 2016. Every four years, the best athletes in the world gather for two weeks to show off their athletic prowess and abilities while, hopefully, picking up a few medals along the way. The Rio 2016 Olympic Games are the ultimate display of dedication, hard work and focus, but behind the scenes all those leotards, swim suits, shorts, towels and linens need to be cleaned. To help keep the eyes of the world on the competition and not the clothes, P&G Professional, the away-from-home division of Procter & Gamble, is helping sponsor the P&G Family Home in Rio by offering free laundry services to athletes and their families.

For the third consecutive time, P&G Professional has set up Tide Professional laundry stations at the P&G Family Home at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to collect the linens and clothing from athletes and their families. These items are washed in the Tide® Professional Laundry System and returned clean and folded. This year it’s estimated that more than 500 million linens alone will be washed for athletes and families from more than 45 countries!

“We’re excited to once again help sponsor the P&G Family Home this year at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games,” said Paul Edmondson, commercial director, P&G Professional. “Knowing that the fit and feel of an athlete’s uniform can impact his or her performance on the field, the floor or in the pool, we’re proud to provide the same level of clean that these competitors have come to expect at home on the largest stage in the world with Tide Professional. By taking on laundry duty in Rio, we’re happy that these world class athletes and their families can focus on what’s really important when working to bring home the gold!”

The Tide Professional System includes a near-neutral pH detergent, Downy fabric softener, and a whiteness enhancer – all formulated to work together to deliver the clean, soft linens and towels customers have come to expect. The system’s near-neutral pH formula and added Tide Professional Whiteness Enhancer also helps protect fabric integrity, keeping sheets, towels and garments looking new longer and helps to reduce linen replacement costs by up to 15 percent1.

For additional information about the Tide Professional Laundry System, visit https://pgpro.com/brands/tide-professional/.

About Procter & Gamble Professional

P&G Professionalis the away-from-home division of Procter & Gamble, serving the foodservice, building cleaning and maintenance, healthcare, hospitality, food/drug/mass, and convenience store industries. P&G Professional offers complete solutions utilizing its parent company's scale, trusted brands and strengths in market and consumer understanding. P&G Professional features such brands as Dawn® Professional, Mr. Clean® Professional, Comet® Professional, Spic and Span® Professional, Bounty®, Safeguard®, Febreze® Professional, Swiffer® Professional, Tide® Professional, and its own brand, P&G Pro Line®. Please visit http://www.pgpro.com for the latest information about P&G Professional's solutions and services.

About Procter & Gamble

P&G serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®, Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®, Tide®, Vicks®, and Whisper®. The P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com for the latest news and information about P&G and its brands.

1Up to 15% linen savings vs. leading alkaline system in 50-cycle test.