everyone, Let’s all have sex!
The stars of the 2024 Olympics have shown off the bed’s sturdiness in a video featuring physical activities that don’t involve actual sex, dispelling the notion that Paris beds are as “anti-sex” as initially believed.
Australian tennis Olympians Dahlia Seville and Ellen Perez and Irish gymnast Reece McClenaghan are among those who have spent time testing the firmness of beds. Photo by news.au.com.
Activities for the Aussie duo included knee raises using resistance bands above the bed, the classic “worm” dance move, squat jumps, step ups, throwing cannonballs from the floor onto the mattress and, of course, slamming a tennis racket into the bed (pun intended) and practicing volleys.
The Olympians were laughing throughout the video as they demonstrated just how durable the twin-sized polyethylene beds were.
This is actually the second time McLagan has tested an “anti-sex” bed, having previously tested one in the run up to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
“The last time I tested it, it held up,” McLagan said in the video, “but maybe I just didn’t try hard enough.”
The gymnasts then experimented with knee-high lifts, rolling, jumping, lying on their stomachs and even doing handstands on the bed until they reached a conclusion.
“No, they pass the test,” McLagan said. “It’s fake. It’s fake news.”
These cardboard Olympic beds, due to debut at the 2021 Olympics, have been labelled “anti-sex” after being panned by the world’s top athletes, who are known to have fairly active sex lives, with organisers hoping to distribute 300,000 condoms in France.
“The beds in the Tokyo Olympic Village will be made of cardboard to prevent athletes from getting too close.” American runner Paul Chelimo tweeted on July 16, 2021..
“To avoid non-sporting situations, the beds will be able to withstand the weight of one person.
“I think four people would be fine for long distance runners😂”
Motokuni Takaoka, CEO of Airweave, the company that designed the bed, downplayed the idea that the bed was designed to discourage intimacy.
“Sex is sex, whether it’s on your mattress or someone else’s.” Takaoka told The Japan Times.“We wanted to create a mattress that was stronger than a regular mattress. We’re just focused on sleep. We’re not concerned with anything else that happens on your bed.”
