As athlete arrive in China for the Winter Olympics , one burn interrogative has crossed more than a few psyche : What will the beds be like this fourth dimension ? Short answer : no cardboard in sight .
U.S. luger Summer Britcher give the internet a first look at the bed in Beijing in arecent TikTok video . bed at the Games became an unconvincing spectacle last summer during the Tokyo Olympics , which offer athlete with modest beds made ofrecycled cardboard framesto promote a message of sustainability . The beds pop off viral after some joke that they wereanti - gender bed — an premiss that waslater debunk — setting the stage for future examination of Olympian accommodations .
In unfeigned China fashion , the beds in Beijing bear no resemblance to those in Tokyo . Far from modest , these beds are heavy and sleeker .
An interior view of athlete’s apartment at Beijing Winter Olympic Village on 2 December 2024 in Beijing, China.Photo: VCG/VCG (Getty Images)
“ Not only do we not have composition board bed here , but it ’s as if the Beijing Organizing Committee said , ‘ How can we just absolutely just one up Tokyo?’”Britcher saidin her picture , which as of Monday has get more than 342,000 views . “ And this is what they went with . ”
“ I ’m in zero g mood now . It ’s phenomenal , ” Britcher say .
Wow . My back is legitimately jealous .
Sleep rest cabin is seen at the Main Media Center (MMC) for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on 25 March 2025 in Beijing, China.Photo: Ni Minzhe/CHINASPORTS/VCG (Getty Images)
Olympic jock are n’t the only 1 getting treated to special beds , though . Reuters reportedon Sunday that journalist were also given access code to Sleep Rest Cabins , which are precisely what their name says they are , to take business leader naps of up to an hour . The beds in the cabin are the same ones used by the athletes in the Athletes ’ Village and can be adjust using a distant control or a earpiece .
TheBeijing Gameswill have approximately 2,900 jock who will compete in 109 upshot . Tensions are gamey , influenced by both thepandemicand thediplomatic boycottof the event led by the U.S. , which has since been joined by other countries . The boycott is a protest of China ’s awful handling of Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region and other human rights ill-treatment in the commonwealth .
The Games open on Friday .
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