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Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe has weighed in on the rumoured 'anti-sex beds' in the athletes' village at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
According to an urban legend - which has since been debunked - the frames were designed to buckle under 'intense physical activity' in order to discourage athletes from any intimate act that could lead to a Covid-19 outbreak.
The retired competitive swimmer, 38, said the rumour about the beds was 'weird' during an interview on The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Friday.
'It's a weird thing': Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe (pictured in Sydney last month) has weighed in on the rumoured 'anti-sex beds' in the athletes' village at the Tokyo Olympic Games
'Did you hear over in the village there's a sex ban?' asked radio host Kyle Sandilands.
'They're not allowed to get frisky with each other. How dare they try and impose the filth ban!'
'Yeah we used to have condom sponsors and things,' said Thorpe, who competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics Games and 2004 Athens Games.
'It's weird that that's actually happening at these
