Rumors surrounding the aim of cardboard beds within the Olympic Village sparked viral sturdiness checks amongst athletes.

“Alright guys, I have been getting this query so much, so I am simply going to indicate you the beds right here within the Olympic Village,” stated Erik Shoji, a volleyball participant for the USA. 

Athletes aren’t the one ones whose power is being put to the take a look at on the Olympic Video games in Tokyo this summer time. 

“All the things is cardboard, so that you would possibly assume they aren’t very sturdy. However Taylor goes to check them out. Let’s have a look at,” Shoji stated.

Athletes from everywhere in the world are taking to social media to check out the sturdiness of the Olympic Village beds amid rumors they had been constructed with cardboard to stop individuals from having intercourse. 

“In right this moment’s episode of pretend information on the Olympic Video games, the beds are supposed to be anti-sex. They’re made out of cardboard, sure, however apparently, they’re meant to interrupt at any sudden actions. It is pretend. Faux information,” stated Rhys McClenaghan, a gymnast for Eire.

“That is Matty’s mattress. My mattress. Right here we go! Look! Bounce up and down,” stated Tom Daley, a diver for Nice Britain.

However organizers for the video games and the manufacturing firm behind the beds say the cardboard design is for sustainability functions. 

“For everybody asking concerning the cardboard beds, they’re manufactured from cardboard. They positively are and so they’re fairly cozy. And they’re made to be sustainable to allow them to recycle them after, and it is such a tremendous concept for the video games to provide you with this,” stated Kimberley Woods, a Slalom Canoeist for Nice Britain.

With that rumor firmly put to mattress by officers and opponents, athletes can now flip their consideration to night time’s relaxation forward of the video games. 

This story was initially revealed by Meg Hilling at Newsy.