An Irish gymnast has put out another public service announcement that the beds in Olympic Village can definitely tolerate vigorous activities.
“I’m at the Paris Olympic Games, and they, once again, have these cardboard ‘anti-sex’ beds,” Rhys McClenaghan said in a video posted to Instagram over the weekend.
“When I tested them last time, they withstood my testing. Maybe I wasn’t rigorous enough, though,” he added.
He proceeded to leap up and down, somersault and do jumping handstands on the bed, which seemed to withstand the impact.
“It passed the test,” he said when he was finished. “It’s fake news!”
In a similar video during the Tokyo Olympics, McClenaghan shot down the viral rumor that the beds were made out of cardboard to discourage intimacy between athletes.
The official Olympics account on X, formerly called Twitter, also chimed in at the time, thanking him for “debunking the myth” and noting that the “sustainable cardboard beds are sturdy!”
This year’s beds are the same as the ones that were used in Tokyo, according to the Olympics, which recently posted an explainer video on TikTok about the cardboard bed frames.
The beds are adjustable and customizable and will be fully recycled after the Games.
British Olympic diver Tom Daley also did some jumping on the bed, noting in an Instagram video on Monday that the frames are “pretty sturdy.”
The Olympics have long been known to have a culture of parties and hookups between athletes.
Event organizers have made sure to promote safe sex, and competitors in Paris have received condoms in their gift bags. The packaging for the condoms is emblazoned with messages including, “On the field of love, play fair [and] ask for consent” and “No need to be a gold medalist to wear it.”
