Ⓒ JoongAng Ilbo / JoongAng Ilbo Japanese version2022.02.07 14:32
Athletes participating in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (Olympic Games), who are staying at an isolated hotel following receiving a positive test for coronavirus infection (new pneumonia), have been dissatisfied with inadequate menu management.
Valeria Wasnetkova, the representative of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Biaslon, said on the 5th, “I receive only the same menu of pasta, meat, potatoes, etc. in the morning, noon, and night for 5 consecutive days” through the story of Instagram. I released a photo of the meal at the isolated hotel with comments.
In the photo, pasta sauce, five small potatoes cut in half, and black-burnt meat are served in a bento container.
Wasnetokowa said, “I can’t eat anything else, and I manage to endure it with just one pasta.” “My stomach hurts and my complexion turns pale. There are bears around my eyes. I lose weight and bones. Came out. “
He added, “It’s very hard. I’m crying every day. I don’t have any more tears to shed.” “I just want everything to end.”
After that, Wasnetokowa’s Instagram was switched to private.
Prior to this, the delegation leader of the German Nordic combined talks also publicly criticized the isolated hotel. After Eric Frenzel, who won three gold medals at the Nordic Championships, was quarantined following receiving a positive test for the new Corona, the leader said, “The rooms in the quarantine hotel are very small and unsanitary, and meals do not come out in a timely manner. I pointed out.
Not only the athletes who tested positive for the new Corona, but also Korean athletes complained regarding the inadequate diet offered in the Olympic Village.
In an interview following official training on the 5th, speed skating team Jung Jae-young said, “It’s too contrasting with the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.” The food at the restaurants in the village is not so good. I have never been there following visiting the restaurant in the evening on the day I arrived in Beijing. “
Yun Sungbin, the skeleton national team, also said on the 3rd, “I’m exaggerating only the meat, but the contents aren’t really that much.” “It seems that Chinese people can’t cook,” ironically. did.
Currently, the Korean athletes are eating lunch at the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee’s school lunch support center. The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee operates a school lunch support center at a hotel regarding 15 minutes away from the Beijing Olympic Village and delivers Korean lunch boxes to athletes.
