Paris Olympics athletes test ‘anti-sex’ cardboard beds to see if they’ll fall apart

Two 2024 Paris Olympics athletes have given their accommodation a proper welcome after seeing if their viral cardboard beds can handle a proper bit of wear and tear.

Widely referred to as 'anti-sex' beds, they were first used in the 2020 Tokyo Games, which were held in 2021 due to the Covid pandemic.

Back then, the International Olympic Committee denied the beds were designed to stop athletes making the beast with two backs, and reiterated this for the 2024 games.

A spokesperson for the Paris Games told AFP: "We know the media has had a lot of fun with this story since Tokyo 2020, but for Paris 2024 the choice of these beds for the Olympic and Paralympic Village is primarily linked to a wider ambition to ensure minimal environmental impact and a second life for all equipment."

Nevertheless, wild parties and athletes having sex are a pretty common occurrence going by the tales told from previous games.

One former Team GB table tennis player, Matthew Syed, told The Times that he got 'laid more often in those two and a half weeks than in the rest of my life' when it came to the 1992 Barcelona Games.

We saw cardboard beds introduced in Tokyo, which made their integrity pretty unknown when it came to hopping, skipping and jumping in to bed with another competitor.

For 2024, organisers have said the return of the cardboard beds has been to do with sustainability with everything from the structure to the mattress wholly recyclable. Georgina Grenon, director of environmental excellence for the organising committee, said: "I hope that Paris 2024’s efforts to reduce its impact will show that it is possible to do things differently."

Olympic and Paralympic village director, Laurent Michaud, has said he hopes the athletes will be 'very enthusiastic and comfortable' about the 2024 beds.

Well, two Australian tennis players starring in the 2024 Olympics have put that to the test.

Daria Saville and Ellen Perez, who are bunking together for the games, took to TikTok to 'test out' the viral beds.

"Testing out the cardboard beds at the Olympics," Daris posted.

"You might have been [fellow Olympian] Ilona Maher test out the beds in Tokyo. Well we're here in Paris to test our the beds with various activities, let's go."

What follows is a bunch of, let's say, rather unique moves.

We're talking resistance band high knees - which seemed to see the bed give way somewhat - and a classic rendition of the worm, followed by squad jumps on to the bed itself.

There was then a moment to do some step ups before getting in to all things tennis, which included a racquet smash on the bed itself.

This was before then running on the bed to practise volleys.

Last up was a swimming classic, the cannon ball, with the bed itself holding up pretty well against the impact of all the activities undertaken by the duo.

"Yessss the Olympian TikToks have begun," one viewer commented.

Another wrote: "From what I hear those beds on the Olympic village get a lot of use [crying laugh emoji]."

And a third said: "I am loving the Olympic TikToks."