Have you seen the cardboard beds at the Olympics?
Updated | By Breakfast with Martin Bester
There is a reason why the athletes are required to sleep on cardboard beds.
Due to COVID-19, the Tokyo Olympics was postponed for a year, and the anticipation has been building ever since.
However, there’s been a lot of interest regarding the beds installed in the Tokyo Olympic Village, which have been designed to avoid intimacy between athletes!
The beds can carry the weight of one person only. The world’s best athletes will have to sleep on these beds whilst competing at the Olympics.
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One long-distance runner said: “I see no problem for distance runners, even four of us can sleep on one bed.”
Beds to be installed in Tokyo Olympic Village will be made of cardboard, this is aimed at avoiding intimacy among athletes
— Paul Chelimo🇺🇸🥈🥉 (@Paulchelimo) July 17, 2021
Beds will be able to withstand the weight of a single person to avoid situations beyond sports.
I see no problem for distance runners,even 4 of us can do😂 pic.twitter.com/J45wlxgtSo
Breakfast with Martin Bester recently spoke to Tuks swimmer, Pieter Coetzé. He set himself the goal of trying to achieve what few South African male swimmers, if any, have been able to do - that is, to qualify for the Olympics at the age of 16.
Guess what? Pieter qualified, and he is at the Olympics!
READ: 17-Year-old Tuks swimmer Pieter Coetzé set for Tokyo Olympics 2021!
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Image credit: Twitter/Paul Chelimo
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