‘My Bones Are Already Sticking Out’ Olympians Decry Deplorable Food, Living Conditions At Quarantine Facilities

Olympians living in Beijing for the Winter Olympics are sounding the alarm about deplorable living conditions for athletes forced to quarantine due to a COVID-19 infection.

According to a report from the Associated Press, Olympic athletes forced to quarantine have been subject to paltry meals, inedible food, no training equipment, and oftentimes a lack of transparency on quarantine rules.

“My stomach hurts, I’m very pale and I have huge black circles around my eyes. I want all this to end. I cry every day. I’m very tired,” said Russian biathlon competitor Valeria Vasnetsova.

An instagram post from Vasnetsova, shared by Swedish sports news site Sportbladet, showed the pitiful food she had been served at a quarantine hotel in Beijing. The image showed a tray with a small portion of plain pasta, what looks like an orange meat sauce, five small potatoes, some charred meat on bones, and what appears to be an uncooked piece of chicken. As of Thursday, when Vasnetsova posted the picture, the sparse portion had been served for “breakfast, lunch and dinner for five days already.”

Vasnetsova said she has already lost a lot of weight. “[M]y bones are already sticking out,” the Olympian said. Vasnetsova said she had survived on the small pasta serving for several days because it was “impossible” to eat the rest of the food, “but today I ate all the fat they serve instead of meat because I was very hungry.”- READ MORE