Controversy over the durability of the corrugated cardboard bed, which is the 'talking furniture' of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Athletes' Village, continues.
In the lodging used by the New Zealand Olympic team, the frame of a bed had already been crumpled before the Games even opened.
A video uploaded to the New Zealand national team's official social networking service (SNS) on the 21st shows a scene where the corrugated cardboard frame is crushed as rower Shawn Kirkham sits on the edge of the bed.
Kirkham and his colleague Michael Brake burst into laughter at the sight.
The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee is guiding that the corrugated cardboard bed can withstand a load of about 200 kg and is eco-friendly because it can be recycled, but some athletes are expressing their anxiety.
Earlier, American track and field representative Paul Cellimo tweeted, "If someone urinates in my bed, the box will get wet and fall off the bed. The night before the finals could be the worst. I need to practice sleeping on the floor."
Foreign media, such as the New York Post, have nicknamed this bed an 'anti-sex' bed, saying that it would be impossible for players to have sex due to fears of collapse.
On the other hand, there are players who have directly demonstrated that cardboard beds are safe.
Australian women's hockey international Rachel Lynch posted a picture on Instagram of five national team players, including herself, sitting in the same bed.
NSW Pride, an Australian hockey club, posted a picture of players jumping on the bed along with this photo on social media, saying, "The hockey team players tested the cardboard bed in the village."
On the 19th, Irish gymnast Rhys McClanagan posted a video of herself jumping out of bed on Twitter, confirming that the bed does not collapse.