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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEvery meal, for 5 days straight--& it looks pretty nasty:
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.
Link to tweet
Blue Owl
(49,916 posts)msongs
(67,193 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)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)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. Theres a lack of transparency, too, with only some virus-positive athletes forced into quarantine hotels where their teams dont 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, theyll be unable to compete until cleared for discharge.
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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 dont understand, why is there this attitude to us, the athletes?! she wrote.
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https://time.com/6145515/olympic-quarantine-hotels/
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)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)about quarantined people--and also about the athletes since that team doctor apparently got some "good" food
DFW
(54,051 posts)Anyone wanna bet there was a different menu when Xi and Putin had their little tête-á-tête?
Demovictory9
(32,323 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)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)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?
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Looks like tripe.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)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.
Buckeyeblue
(5,491 posts)Carlitos Brigante
(26,482 posts)ruet
(10,035 posts)Carlitos Brigante
(26,482 posts)that it's just the pale color poultry keeps when poached or boiled. That made me do a double take.
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)Or something pressed together with pasta.
Other than that I haven't a clue.
Emile
(21,901 posts)dalton99a
(81,065 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)I don't see how anyone could possibly eat that crap three times a day.