Cardboard beds in the athletes' village at the Tokyo Olympics are sturdy enough for sex - as one Irish gymnast has proved. It is far from the first time that organisers of the 'most sustainable games in history' have been forced to defend their unusual choice of beds. There are just fours days to go until the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, which was delayed from last year due to the Covid pandemic. Infections are also threatening to de-rail the event for competing athletes, after a Czech beach volleyball player tested positive at the Olympic Village. Perusic's case appears to be the fourth in the Olympic Village after the infections of two South African footballers and their team's video analyst.

Source: Daily Mail July 19, 2021 11:01 UTC