This isn’t the first Olympics with cardboard bed frames – the furniture made its debut in Tokyo in 2021, where it drew similar attention from athletes and onlookers. Rumours circulated that the beds were constructed with cardboard to prevent athletes from getting intimate with one another and potentially spreading Covid-19. He called the “anti-sex” nickname “fake, fake news!”The cardboard bed frames were designed with sustainability, rather than chastity, in mind. “These are the famous Tokyo 2020 beds that made it to Paris 2024,” a TikTok posted by the official Olympics account this month states. But Angelica Delgado, a US judo athlete, had a less ringing endorsement: “The cardboard beds are a bit stiff, but it’s okay”.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 28, 2024 06:01 UTC