Olympian Tom Daley introduces fan to cardboard Olympic Village beds in cheeky video

Tom Daley gave fans a glimpse into the beds that Olympic athletes will be sleeping in during the Paris Games in a TikTok video posted on Monday, July 22. There have long been rumors about the beds that athletes get in the Olympic Village each year, so naturally, many fans wanted to get a peek at his setup. As various teams arrived for the Games, quite a few teams showed off their rooms for their stay.

The British diver, 30, gave some close-ups of the bed frame, which is made of cardboard, and tapped on it to show its structure. He also gave a glimpse of some of the set-up he has, including the wiring and storage of items under his bed. “For those of you wondering about the cardboard beds in the village, I’m going to show you what they look like,” he said.

During the video, Tom maneuvered around his bed, showing off the blue and pink Paris Olympics blanket that was provided to all the athletes. “This is cardboard. As you can see, it looks like a box. Then you have the mattress and then these cardboard boxes here: like this, with the mattress on top and a mattress topper. Then we get our own little Paris ’24 (blanket),” he said.

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At the end of the clip, Tom jumped up and down on the bed to show that it was stable. He also seemed to ridicule the rumors that the Olympic Village beds are “anti-sex” by jumping into a missionary position while still bouncing a bit. “As you can see, they’re pretty sturdy,” he said.

The beds for the Olympics are supplied by Japanese company Airweave, and ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (which were originally scheduled for 2021), a rumor began circulating that the cardboard beds were put in place to discourage athletes from having sex due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company’s COO denied the rumor in an interview with E-news.