【Text/Observer Network Ju Feng】
These days, the anti-sex bed in the Tokyo Olympic Village "to prevent athletes from getting in touch" has caused a hot discussion on the Internet. The Internet rumors that this kind of bed can not bear the weight of two people, and today an Olympian came out to debunk the rumors.
Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan posted a video of the "trampoline" in the Olympic Village room on the 18th on Twitter, personally testing the weight of the bed.
McLennahhan said it was indeed made of cardboard, but said it was fake news to prevent "close contact."
Subsequently, the IOC also retweeted the tweet, saying "Thank you for revealing the truth" and "The recyclable cardboard bed is sturdy!" ”
According to the Washington Post reported on the 19th, it was originally American athlete Paul Chelimo who tweeted that this cardboard bed was to "prevent athletes from intimate contact." "But this bed can still carry the weight of 1 person." He said sarcastically.
The Washington Post reported that Celimo's remarks detonated the Internet, and athletes and netizens speculated that the design of the bed was based on the epidemic prevention policy of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee.
But the purpose of making beds out of cardboard is officially for environmental protection and cost savings.
According to Kyodo News Agency reported on September 24, 2019, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee and Japanese bedding manufacturer "Airweave" announced the bed set to be used in the Olympic Village in Tokyo on the 24th. The bed frame will be made of cardboard and the mattress will be made of polyethylene, which will be recycled after the congress. Relevant people of the Olympic Organizing Committee said that in addition to considering environmental protection factors, the use of cardboard bed frames is because of its convenient transportation and assembly, which can help the Olympic Organizing Committee save manpower costs, and even if it is hit, it is not easy to be injured.
The head of the Tokyo Olympic Village previously told The Associated Press that the bed could withstand a weight of 200 kilograms.
With 58 people tested positive four days before the tokyo Olympics open, Brian McCloskey, the chief health expert of the IOC's independent expert group, said at a news conference on July 19 that these situations were expected, and the number of infections at this stage was lower than initially expected.
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