Anti-sex beds at Olympia? The news is making waves in the United States. But the Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan refutes the rumor with a test in the Olympic village.
In the US, a report about alleged “Anti-sex beds” in the Olympic village for vortices – now the Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan has exposed this rumor as false. Although the beds of the Olympic athletes in Tokyo, as reported by the tabloid media, are actually made of cardboard, McClenaghan says in a video published on Twitter. To a “Fake news” but if it were the claim that the beds would be for everyone “sudden movement” break down. To prove it, the gymnast bounced up and down on his bed in the Olympic village.
McClenaghan’s video quickly became a hit on online networks. The official Twitter channel of the Olympic Games also picked up the video on Monday and thanked the Irishman for the “Mythos” to have refuted the delicate cardboard beds. “The sustainable beds are stable!”, it was said.
Hoax arose through ironic contribution from US runners
The tabloid “New York Post” had previously reported that the cardboard Olympic beds in Tokyo are used to enforce the distance rules applicable to athletes and “Intimacies” between athletes should prevent. The report was based on an ironic contribution by US runner Paul Chelimo, who tweeted that the Olympic beds could only take the weight of one person, “to prevent non-sporting situations”.
Because of the corona pandemic, strict distance and hygiene rules apply to Olympic athletes. Spectators are not permitted at the competition venues. The athletes are called to “avoid unnecessary forms of physical contact”.
Nevertheless, the organizers want to distribute a total of around 160,000 condoms to the athletes. But the condoms are not intended to “to be used in the Olympic Village”, the organizers of the games told the AFP news agency. Instead, the athletes should take the condoms with them to their countries of origin and advertise anti-HIV campaigns there.
First corona cases in the Olympic village
The holding of the Olympic Games starting on Friday under corona conditions is highly controversial in Japan. In surveys, a majority of the Japanese population voted in favor of canceling or postponing the competitions. Originally, the games should have taken place in summer 2020, at that time they had been postponed due to the pandemic.
The organizers of the games again emphasized on Monday that the Olympic village is one “safer” Place. Several corona cases had previously become known in the Olympic village, including two South African footballers and, on Monday, a Czech volleyball player. According to Olympic spokesman Masa Takaya, more than 60 corona infections have already been identified in connection with the Games.
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