The accommodations for the more than 10,000 Olympic athletes who visited Paris were not exactly five-star hotels.
British weightlifter Emily Campbell, a bronze medallist, was scathing about the sleeping conditions in the Olympic Village.
“I can’t wait to sleep in my own bed,” Campbell told the BBC after the Olympics. “I know it sounds like it, but honestly, a cardboard bed is not very comfortable. I can’t wait to get home and see my family, because I haven’t seen them yet.”
At Tokyo 2021, Campbell won a silver medal in the women’s over 87 kg category.
The bed was the center of conversation when we went to Paris.
They’re reportedly made from recycled materials and designed to help conserve environmental resources, but many have joked that they’ll put a stop to the act of love altogether.
“We hope that Paris 2024’s impact reduction efforts will show that things can be done differently,” Georgina Glennon, the organising committee’s director of environmental excellence, said ahead of the Games.
People staying in the Olympic Village also raised questions about the quality of the food.
Another British medallist, swimmer Adam Peaty, claimed to have found the parasite in food he ate in the Olympic Village.
“I want to eat meat. I need meat to perform and I eat meat at home so why change that?” Peaty, who won silver in the 100m breaststroke, told iNews.
“I like fish, but people are finding that there are worms in the fish. It’s not good enough. We’re looking at fish to the best standards in the world, but the food is not the best.”
Olympic Foods denied the allegations.
Still, the situation in the Olympic Village led some to stay elsewhere.
The gold medal-winning U.S. men’s basketball team abandoned the Olympic Village in favor of the posh Paris Marriott Opera hotel.
