Olympics - Irish gymnast leaps on cardboard beds at Athletes Village to bust 'anti-sex' myth

The beds to be used by the athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, made partially from recyclable cardboard, are displayed during a press preview in Tokyo, Japan January 9, 2020, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS

(Reuters) - Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan has debunked the idea that the cardboard-framed beds for athletes in the Tokyo Olympic Village were not strong enough to withstand vigorous activity and were therefore "anti-sex" - by recording himself leaping up and down on the one in his room.

Organisers said athletes competing in the Games would sleep on bed frames made from recyclable cardboard and mattresses made of polyethylene materials that would be reused to make plastic products after the Games.