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Athlete Videos Show Wooden Beds, Not Cardboard, at Milano Cortina 2026

Early room tours from multiple villages point to two-per-room setups across roughly 5,350 beds.

Overview

  • British ice dancer Phebe Bekker posted a video from the Milan village, knocking on the frame and saying there are no cardboard beds as far as she knows.
  • Clips from other athletes show similar wooden frames and standard mattresses across the villages, including a room tour from South African skier Matt Smith in Predazzo.
  • Daily Hive reports approximately 5,350 beds spread across six Olympic villages, with provisional counts led by Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.
  • Rooms appear to contain two beds, indicating athletes will bunk together during the Games based on early walkthroughs.
  • Cardboard beds used in Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 were promoted as eco-friendly but drew comfort complaints, while Beijing 2022 featured larger, high-tech beds.