A 21-year-old Irish Olympic gymnast has dispelled a rumor that athletes’ beds at the Tokyo Olympics were designed to prevent them from getting too frisky with one another.Thank you, Rhys McClenaghan, for going the extra mile.The beds in athletes’ rooms are made out of cardboard–100% recyclable material– and are meant to just be temporary.
Images of the odd-looking beds started to circulate on social media, leading Olympic athlete Paul Chelimo to joke, “Beds to be installed in Tokyo Olympic Village will be made of cardboard.
This is aimed at avoiding intimacy among athletes.”“Beds will be able to withstand the weight of a single person to avoid situations beyond sports.