Original title: The “cardboard bed” in the Olympic village attracts attention, and the IOC refutes rumors that it is “very strong”
With only two days left before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, athletes from various countries have arrived in the Tokyo Olympic Village. The “bed” accidentally became the object of attention and triggered rumors. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently came forward to refute the rumors.
According to a report from Japan’s Kyodo News Agency on July 21, American male track and field athlete Paul Celimo previously posted on Twitter that the rare cardboard bed used in the Olympic village was to “prevent close contact between athletes under the new crown epidemic”. “. The tweet raised concerns about the strength of the cardboard beds, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had to “refute the rumors”, claiming that the beds were “sturdy.”
In addition, according to the official Olympic sponsor who provided about 18,000 sets of mattresses, the concept of environmentally friendly cardboard beds began before the new crown epidemic, using waterproof processing and bearing a weight of about 200 kg. It can be used as recycled paper after the Olympics. The person in charge of the sponsor said: “We have spent 3 years on development and after repeated tests, so we confidently provide it to the Olympic Village. Although it has sufficient strength, please avoid jumping.”
Celimo ridiculed in his previous tweets that “maybe it was deliberately made to bear the weight of one person.” Many overseas media quoted the tweet to report on the bed “anti-sexuality”, but then the Irish male gymnast posted a video of jumping on the bed on Twitter, sarcasm that the relevant report was “fake news.”
But up to now, neither the International Olympic Committee nor the sponsors have directly responded to whether the cardboard bed considers the factor of “preventing intimate contact between athletes”.
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