Breaking bed: Athletes post hilarious clips of themselves trying to destroy the Olympic cardboard ‘anti-sex’ beds by doing yoga and wrestling on them
- The beds at the Tokyo Olympic village are made out of recyclable cardboard
- Can hold up to 200kg but there are rumours bunks are built to prevent intimacy
- US women’s rugby team and Ireland gymnast made videos proving sturdiness
- Team New Zealand posted video appearing to show bed bowing under weight
Prankster athletes are competing to break their swanky cardboard ‘anti-sex’ beds in the Tokyo Olympic village.
The sustainable beds are made out of recycled cardboard and can hold up to 200kg — but there are rumours the bunks were built to deter athletes from hooking up.
They have apparently been designed to crumble when more than one person climbs on — so scores of athletes from across the world’s teams have taken to social media to share hilarious clips of them competing to debunk the anti-sex myth.
Team Ireland gymnast Rhys McClenaghan debunked the myth in a Twitter video last week, jumping on the bed to prove their sturdiness.
The sustainable beds are made out of recycled cardboard and can hold up to 200kg — but there are rumours the bunks were built to deter athletes from hooking up. The US women’s rugby team filmed themselves ‘performing CPR’ and throwing a tantrum but it doesn’t break
The US women’s rugby team filmed themselves ‘performing CPR’, doing yoga, having tantrums and carrying out hardcore wrestling moves on top of one of the cardboard beds — but it still doesn’t break.
The clip, which was posted to 24-year-old American athlete Ilona Maher’s TikTok account, ends with a cheeky nod to the anti-sex rumours.
Ilona jokes: ‘And for this last take, Nicole and I will be having s-‘ as the video cuts off.
It comes after another American athlete, runner Paul Chelimo tweeted the cardboard beds were installed to ‘avoid intimacy’.
They have apparently been designed to crumble when more than one person climbs on — so scores of athletes from across the world’s teams have taken to social media to share hilarious clips of them competing to debunk the anti-sex myth
The rugby team also demonstrated how ‘dramatic fainting’ as well as tantrums and wrestling moves didn’t break the bed, while another member of the team performed several yoga positions on top of the cardboard cot
He wrote on Twitter: ‘Beds to be installed in Tokyo Olympic village will be made of cardboard, this is aimed at avoiding intimacy among athletes.
‘Beds will be able to withstand the weight of a single person to avoid situations beyond sports.
‘I see no problem for distance runners, even four of us can do.’
The New Zealand team also shared a video, where one of the athletes sits on the bed and it appears to bow slightly when he sat on it.
In the video, one of the athlete said: ‘Tell me you’re in the Olympic Village without telling me you’re in the Olympic Village.’
The New Zealand team also shared a video, where one of the athletes sits on the bed and it appears to bow slightly when he sat on it. A burly competitor then plonks himself down on the bed — which buckles and creases under his weight as the two sportsmen laugh on in disbelief
It comes after another American athlete, runner Paul Chelimo tweeted the cardboard beds were installed to ‘avoid intimacy’
A burly competitor then plonks himself down on the bed — which buckles and creases under his weight as the two sportsmen laugh on in disbelief.
In another clip Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan says it’s ‘fake news’ in a short video posted on Twitter.
The muscular athlete jumped up and down on the cardboard cot as he yelled: ‘It’s fake. Fake news.’
The official Twitter account for the Olympics even responded to Rhys’s debunking video, writing: ‘Thanks for debunking the myth.
‘You heard it first from Team Ireland gymnast Rhys McClenaghan — the sustainable cardboard beds are sturdy!’
In another clip Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan says it’s ‘fake news’ in a short video posted on Twitter. The muscular athlete jumped up and down on the cardboard cot as he yelled: ‘It’s fake. Fake news’
Team Ireland gymnast Rhys McClenaghan debunked the myth in a Twitter video last week, jumping on the bed to prove their sturdiness