Paris 2024 athlete debunks 'anti-sex beds' theory in Olympic Village

Irish gymnastics star Rhys McClenaghan has "debunked" the theory that the beds provided for athletes in the Olympic Village are not suitable for engaging in intercourse .

Athletes being housed in the Olympic Village will be sleeping on beds made out of cardboard, and the bedding is also made of recyclable materials. There are 14,250 beds and mattresses in the 133.5-acre Olympic Village, and athletes have started to arrive in Paris ahead of the summer games .

McClenaghan posted a comedic video on Instagram of him jumping all over his bed, showing fans that they're well-equipped to endure substantial weight and movement. He captioned the video: "Paris Olympics 'Anti-sex beds' debunked (again)."

The cardboard beds were first introduced for the Tokyo Olympics, which were held in 2021, in an attempt to be more sustainable and cause minimal environmental impact. However, it was speculated at the time that the real reason was to stop the spread of COVID-19 due to several athletes confirming that a lot of sex occurs within the village.

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McClenaghan competed at the Tokyo Olympics and ran with the sex theme when testing his bed in Paris. In addition to his caption, he said in his bed-testing video: "I’m at the Paris Olympic Games and they once again have these cardboard anti-sex beds.

"When I tested them the last time, they withstood my testing. Maybe I wasn’t rigorous enough, though." While intimate relations might take place between athletes in the village, a spokesperson confirmed that the decision to use cardboard beds at the Paris Olympics was unrelated.

"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," they told the AFP news agency.

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Over 10,000 athletes compete at each Olympics, and while relations are limited during the height of competition, it's been confirmed that parties take place following the conclusion of events. Former Team USA target shooter Josh Lakatos told ESPN that he contributed to "running a brothel" after the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Lakatos confirmed that once an athlete has finished competing, they're forced out of the village almost immediately. But he'd heard about the parties and managed to persuade a maid cleaning his apartment to leave the place unlocked. He returned to the empty apartment and invited the entire Team USA track and field team.

"The next morning, swear to God, the entire women's 4x100 relay team of some Scandinavian-looking country walks out of the house, followed by boys from our side," Lakatos told ESPN. "And I'm just going, 'Holy crap, we'd watched these girls run the night before.'"

The partying continued for several days according to Lakatos, who added: "I'm running a friggin' brothel in the Olympic Village! I've never witnessed so much debauchery in my entire life."