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Fact Crescendo Sri LankaSports

FACT CHECK : 2021 ඔලිම්පික් තරඟ සඳහා ඇඳන් නිමව ඇත්තේ ක්‍රීඩකයන් ලිංගික කටයුතු වලින් වැළැක්වීමේ අරමුණින්ද?

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review examined social-media posts claiming that cardboard beds supplied for the Tokyo Olympics were made to hold only one person’s weight so athletes could not have sex. It reports that this claim circulated while the Games were being held in 2021, and that the beds’ cardboard construction was the subject of public discussion. The review’s conclusion was that the beds were not designed for that purpose: it attributed their design to reuse and recycling, and said the beds could support more than one person’s weight. To investigate, the review consulted information from Airweave, identified in the article as the official bed supplier, and described the company’s beds as made from reusable, recyclable cardboard. It also cited reporting that the beds could bear 441 pounds and an NHK video stating a 200-kilogram capacity. These figures contradict the posts’ assertion that the beds could support only one person. The article also described a video posted by gymnast Rhys Mcclenaghan demonstrating a bed’s strength, and said the Olympics’ official Twitter account thanked him for addressing the myth. Taken together, the review’s cited supplier information, weight-capacity reporting, and athlete video support its conclusion that the one-person-limit explanation was misleading; the stated recycling rationale offers an alternative explanation for the cardboard design.

FACTLYSports

Video of Sandhya Padke (in saffron) of Durga Vahini, RSS taking on a Pakistani wrestler, who challenged the crowd to fight her

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The post identifies the woman in saffron as Sandhya Padke of Durga Vahini and says she is taking on a Pakistani wrestler who challenged the crowd. FACTLY investigated that video and identified the women differently: the woman in saffron is Kavitha, a former Haryana police officer and powerlifting and MMA champion; the woman who challenged the crowd is Bull Bull, described as India’s first professional woman wrestler. The review says neither woman is associated with Pakistan or RSS.

Fact CrescendoSports

जो महिला चुनौती दे रही है वह पाकिस्तानी है व रिंग में खड़े होकर भारतीय महिलाओं को अपशब्द कह रही हैं और जो महिला चुनौती स्वीकार कर उनके लड़ने आती है व आर.एस.एस के दुर्गा वाहिनी से जुड़ी संध्या फडके है

Publisher’s rating: False