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Olympians Are Showing Off Their Beds In The Athletes' Village & They're Def Not Cardboard

These things even have a "zero-G" mode!

Global Editorial Fellow

Remember that time Japan gave athletes cardboard beds at the Summer Olympics?

China definitely remembers, and it didn't make the same mistake for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Athletes are sharing a first look at their rooms in the athletes' village at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and one of the highlights so far has been the high-tech beds they'll be sleeping on.

Summer Britcher, a luger for Team USA, shared a preview of her bed on TikTok and it looks truly out of this world.

@summerbritcher

Reply to @angellin471 #fyp #Olympian #Olympics #olympicbed #sport #athlete

The beds feature a variety of different modes including a zero-gravity mode that adjusts the bed to allow athletes' muscles to fully relax.

"It's phenomenal," Britcher said.

"Not only do we not have cardboard beds here, but it's as if the Beijing organizing committee said: 'How can we just absolutely one up Tokyo?'"

Other athletes have posted videos showing their apartments in the athletes' village. While it's not quite a luxury five-star resort, the Olympians sure know how to make themselves feel at home.

@anna.x2_

Welcome to our home for the next few weeks😊 #olympics #beijing2022 #hockey #fypシ

Katie Ormerod, a snowboarder for Team Great Britain, gave TikTok a tour of her room and we're jealous of her throw pillows.

[tiktok_embed https://www.tiktok.com/@katieormerod/video/7058540679303122182?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1⟨=en expand=1]

Meanwhile, Leon Vockensperger, a snowboarder for Germany, gave followers a look at his journey from the Beijing airport to the Olympic Village.

@leonvockensperger

First insights into the #olympicvillage 🤩 stay tuned for more!! #beijing2022 #olympics2022 #myjourney


While the beds look much better this year, who can forget the corrugated cardboard beds of the 2021 Summer Games in Tokyo?

The beds were made of recycled cardboard in order to promote a more sustainable environment, allowing them to be turned into paper products after the Games, according to Forbes.

Still, athletes had plenty of laughs about their cardboard beds during the Summer Games.

Hopefully, this year's beds help athletes get a good night's sleep because the Olympics are right around the corner!

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    • Global Editorial Fellow Andrew Mrozowski was the first Global Editorial Fellow at Narcity Canada. He is a recent Honours Political Science graduate from McMaster University and the Editor-in-Chief of the school's student newspaper, The Silhouette. In his free time, he likes to write and record music, as well as obsess over every small Easter egg within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He is always prepared to defend his opinion that Tom Holland is the BEST Spider-Man.

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