Is it true that in the Olympic village in Tokyo, Antisex Krovati was installed?

In anticipation of the media Olympiad, information appeared that athletes will have to sleep on special cardboard beds on which you can not have sex. We checked whether this is really so.

The Olympic village decided to fight non -standard with the spread of coronavirus - The organizers of the Olympiad allegedly installed special beds in the athletes for athletes, which break from sudden movements. Many Russian media told about this: Lenta.ru, "Moscow Komsomolets", "RIA Novosti" Esquire, Meduza. Thematic resources did not stand aside: they wrote about antisex objects, for example, Eurosport, "Sport-Express" and authors of several blogs on Sports.ru.

The beds in the Olympic village in Tokyo are really unusual - their frame is made of cardboard. As in January 2020 Explained The head of the village of Takashi Kitajima, they are stronger than wooden and can withstand weight up to 200 kg. The very idea to make beds from such materials appeared out of a desire to make games as environmentally friendly as possible - after the tournament, the furniture will be sent for processing. At the same time, Kitajima emphasized that the beds will withstand even “crazy celebration” after winning the competition. By the way, introduced An unusual design in the fall of 2019, long before the start of the pandemic.

During the games athletes and the truth Recommended Do not have sex. This is due to coronavirus restrictions - participants in the competition should "avoid unnecessary forms of physical contact." Despite this, in accordance with the tradition that appeared at the Games in Seoul in 1988, athletes Rented 160,000 condoms.

Probably, the athletes themselves began to spread rumors about antisex-subjects-for example, on July 17, American Paul Chemistry wrote On Twitter, that sleeping places are specially designed "to avoid intimacy between athletes." However, a refutation appeared on the same platform - the story about a special bed decided check Irish gymnast rice McKlenagan. He recorded on the video how he jumps on the bed in the Olympic village - the cardboard structure withstood. Subsequently, the IOC thanked athlete for "debunking the myth."

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What do our verdicts mean?

Read on the topic:

1. AP News. An Olympic First: Cardboard Beds for Tokyo Athletes Village
2. The Guardian. Tokyo Olympics Athletes Warned Not to Use 160,000 Free Condoms
3. Newsweek. Fact Check: Have Tokyo Olympics Athletes Been Given 'Anti-EX' Beds?