Kim Meylemans thought he would be released from solitary confinement after three days, but after that he was taken to another solitary confinement place.
Quarantine and isolation are the fear of competitors traveling to the Olympics, team members and the media at the Beijing Winter Olympics. A Belgian skeleton sled Kim Meylemansin25, fate is a crude example of what coronation measures could mean at worst at China’s Winter Olympics.
Meylemans told in a video posted on Instagram what was happening to him when he already thought he had survived the isolation. He had become infected at New Year’s Eve, and it was more than likely that the race crowns’ exact corona tests would no longer show a trace of the corona infection a month ago.
Meylemans had spent three days in isolation and obtained three negative corona test results from pcr tests. He had heard that he would be sent out of solitary confinement.
“Some of you have read the good news that I have been sent out of solitary confinement We thought it meant I could go back to the Olympic Village. On the way to the village we didn’t even turn to the village, but the ambulance went to another place where I am now. I have to stay here for the next seven days and get two pcr tests a day. I must not be in contact with anyone, ”Meylemans said in the video.
“My allowed to practice on a toboggan run alone. We are not sure if I will be allowed to return to the Olympic Village at all. This is, of course, very difficult for me. I ask everyone to give me time to think about what to do next. I am not sure if I will endure isolation during the Olympics. ”
Belgian According to Nieuwsblad The IOC intervened after hearing about the continuation of Meylemans’ isolation. The athlete has now been transferred to the Olympic Village, where he has his own room for seclusion.
Meylemans must follow the corona protocol, where he must live alone, eat alone, and move alone. He can practice and participate in the competition as long as everything happens according to the rules of the protocol.
The female skeleton bills are on February 11 and 12. The rehearsals start on Monday.
Before his corona infection, Meylemans was third on the world list. In 2019, he won silver at the Youth World Championships.
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