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tblue37

(64,979 posts)
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 02:40 AM Feb 2022

Every meal, for 5 days straight--& it looks pretty nasty:

Russian athlete Valeria Vasnetsova posted this photo on Instagram.

She says that the same meal has been served at the Winter Olympics in Beijing for "breakfast, lunch, and dinner for five days already."(emphasis added)


This is what the athletes in quarantine are given to eat.


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Every meal, for 5 days straight--& it looks pretty nasty: (Original Post) tblue37 Feb 2022 OP
Eeewww.... Blue Owl Feb 2022 #1
prison food nt msongs Feb 2022 #2
Are those ribs on the lower right? Whatever they are, looks like... TreasonousBastard Feb 2022 #3
i'm not sure what you mean by possibly a "junk" photo orleans Feb 2022 #9
I was suggesting that someone simply found a nasty meal... TreasonousBastard Feb 2022 #10
well, from the link i gave you, i got the impression that it is specifically orleans Feb 2022 #13
Introducing the world's top athletes to the Nouvelle Cuisine Chinoise DFW Feb 2022 #4
doesnt look like typical food for athletes Demovictory9 Feb 2022 #5
I read that the food provided to the quarantined support staff is really good. BigmanPigman Feb 2022 #6
I saw a lot of people Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #11
That thing in the top right left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 #7
How disgusting! smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #8
You know it must be horrible when Russians complain about bad food! Buckeyeblue Feb 2022 #12
WTF is that on the top right? nt Carlitos Brigante Feb 2022 #14
Looks Like A Hen of Some Sort. -NT- ruet Feb 2022 #15
I think you're right. I assumed the same. But it looks raw. Assuming/hoping Carlitos Brigante Feb 2022 #18
It looks like an uncooked ravioli. lpbk2713 Feb 2022 #21
Are meals free or do they have to pay for that slop? Emile Feb 2022 #16
FWIW Japanese quarantine food: dalton99a Feb 2022 #17
Does China not realize that the world is watching? milestogo Feb 2022 #19
Unfit for human consumption. lpbk2713 Feb 2022 #20

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
3. Are those ribs on the lower right? Whatever they are, looks like...
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 02:56 AM
Feb 2022

no diet for an Olympian of any sort.

Possibly a junk photo since Russins certainly know a bit about powerimg athletic bodies.

orleans

(33,987 posts)
9. i'm not sure what you mean by possibly a "junk" photo
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 04:52 AM
Feb 2022

but here is an article about it in time


Vasnetsova posted a picture Thursday of what she said was “breakfast, lunch and dinner for five days already” — a tray with food including plain pasta, an orange sauce, charred meat on a bone, a few potatoes and no greens.

She said she mostly survived on a few pieces of pasta because it was “impossible” to eat the rest, “but today I ate all the fat they serve instead of meat because I was very hungry.” She added she lost a lot of weight and “my bones are already sticking out.”

The quarantine hotels are increasingly the target of criticism from athletes and their teams, who are lobbying organizers for improvements. There’s a lack of transparency, too, with only some virus-positive athletes forced into quarantine hotels where their teams don’t have access, while teammates in similar situations are allowed to isolate within the Olympic village.

The rules for athletes who test positive say those without symptoms go to a dedicated hotel for isolation. Anyone who has COVID-19 with symptoms will go to a hospital. In both cases, they’ll be unable to compete until cleared for discharge.

snip

Vasnetsova passed her time in quarantine with a little detective work. When fetching the food left outside her door, she took a glance at the boxes left outside other rooms in her corridor, whose doors were labeled with signs to distinguish Olympians from other people working at the Games who tested positive, such as team staff.

She concluded the athletes were getting worse food, and underlined it with a picture of food served to her team doctor, who had also tested positive and was living two floors below. He had fresh fruit, a salad and prawns with broccoli.

“I honestly don’t understand, why is there this attitude to us, the athletes?!” she wrote.



more
https://time.com/6145515/olympic-quarantine-hotels/



TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
10. I was suggesting that someone simply found a nasty meal...
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 05:23 AM
Feb 2022

and posted the picture.

But, while searching around, I found Maddie Mastro and Shaun White gushing about the extraordinary buffet in Olympic Village.They say it's the best ever.

If everyone's not kidding, perhaps the horrorshow shown is some abberation of quarantine feeding.

orleans

(33,987 posts)
13. well, from the link i gave you, i got the impression that it is specifically
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 04:04 PM
Feb 2022

about quarantined people--and also about the athletes since that team doctor apparently got some "good" food

DFW

(54,051 posts)
4. Introducing the world's top athletes to the Nouvelle Cuisine Chinoise
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 03:03 AM
Feb 2022

Anyone wanna bet there was a different menu when Xi and Putin had their little tête-á-tête?

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
6. I read that the food provided to the quarantined support staff is really good.
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 04:01 AM
Feb 2022

The same Russian athlete noticed that the food that others in quarantine were getting was very different and much better for the non-athletes in quarantine. Is China doing this on purpose? It appears so. I guess China and Russia aren't BFFs when it comes to athletic competitions.

I can't even identify the food (?) In the top right portion of the tray. What is that?

Dorian Gray

(13,469 posts)
11. I saw a lot of people
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 06:16 AM
Feb 2022

guess that it was raw chicken, but my guess was mozzarella with a small tomato at the bottom???

Who knows!

This meal was for quarantined athletes, right? I don't understand why they'd treat athletes worse than any other staff?

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
8. How disgusting!
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 04:31 AM
Feb 2022

It's like hospital food. I can't understand why they give such repulsive, unhealthy food to people who need healthy, healing food the most.

Carlitos Brigante

(26,482 posts)
18. I think you're right. I assumed the same. But it looks raw. Assuming/hoping
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 04:49 PM
Feb 2022

that it's just the pale color poultry keeps when poached or boiled. That made me do a double take.

lpbk2713

(42,696 posts)
21. It looks like an uncooked ravioli.
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 05:12 PM
Feb 2022


Or something pressed together with pasta.

Other than that I haven't a clue.

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