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Athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympics are sleeping on cardboard bed frames for the second summer games in a row.

First introduced at Tokyo 2020, the cardboard beds have made a comeback as an environmentally friendly solution in the Olympic Village, according to reports.

The athletes can extend the beds to accommodate their size and can choose the firmness of the mattress, as shown in a video posted to the Olympics YouTube page.

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The sustainable beds, which are 100% made in France, will be fully recycled after the games, Olympic organizers have said.

Virginia-based neurologist Dr. Chris Winter, a sleep adviser for Mattress Firm and a sleep consultant for major-league sports teams in the U.S., reacted to the sleeping arrangements in an interview with Fox News Digital.

A general view of a cardboard bed used by athletes at the Olympic Village site in Paris. (Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images)

"I was not part of the French Olympic planning, but given the overall theme of the games as being ‘more responsible, more inclusive and more equal,’ I think the cardboard bed checks those boxes," he said.

"For an Olympic swimmer, weightlifter or gymnast, to awaken with a tweak or catch in their back could be disastrous."

Winter noted that past Olympic events have been associated with "tremendous amounts of waste."

The cardboard beds are not only more economical, but also "much easier on the environment," he said.

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