Tokyo (AFP)
This is one of the curiosities of the Tokyo Olympics (July 23-August 8): at the Olympic Village, athletes sleep on ecological cardboard beds and some have had fun demonstrating their strength on social networks.
His video showing him jumping while standing on his bed was ... a hit: Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan wanted to show that the information on the supposed fragility of the beds disseminated by the American tabloid New York Post was inaccurate.
"The beds are supposed to be + anti-sex +, yes they are made of cardboard, they should break at the slightest sudden movement, they say. This is false, this is + fake news +", he said. tweeted.
Before him, the American Paul Chelimo had joked on his beds intended according to him "to prevent any intimacy between sportsmen": "These beds will be able to support only the weight of a single person in order to avoid any situation other than sporting", had writes the middle distance specialist on his social networks.
Even the International Olympic Committee (IOC) press service Twitter account took to the "anti-sex beds affair" by retweeting Rhys McClenaghan's video and explaining that he was getting "a lot of questions about these. ecological beds of the Olympic Village ".
This is not the first time that these beds have caused a sensation: their manufacturer, the company Airweave, had to explain in January 2020 that the beds were designed to support up to 200 kilos.
"We carried out experiments, like throwing weights on the beds. (...) As long as people stick to two people in the bed, they should be strong enough to support the load", had assured the 'AFP a spokesperson for the company.
The Olympic Village has traditionally been a major meeting place.
At the last Winter Games, in 2018 in Pyeongchang (South Korea), the dating application Tinder saw its use increase by 350%.
In Rio, during the 2016 Olympics, the organizers distributed 450,000 condoms, or 42 per athlete.
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