Is China using quarantines to rig the Olympics?
A Russian athlete, Valeria Vasnetsova, has blown the whistle.
She says foreign athletes who test positive for covid are being starved, so they can't compete even if they recover. 🧵
A Russian athlete, Valeria Vasnetsova, has blown the whistle.
She says foreign athletes who test positive for covid are being starved, so they can't compete even if they recover. 🧵
Vasnetsova says this isn't just a matter of bad food in the quarantine hotels.
She claims that special signs are affixed to the doors where athletes stay.
Those rooms are provided starvation rations, while non-competitors in the same facility get normal meals.
She claims that special signs are affixed to the doors where athletes stay.
Those rooms are provided starvation rations, while non-competitors in the same facility get normal meals.
Vasnetsova went public with her situation because she says she was in danger -- that she had been starved until her ribs were showing.
In response, the Chinese authorities began providing her with the same meals as non-athletes.
In response, the Chinese authorities began providing her with the same meals as non-athletes.
The question is: Why did it come to that?
Why did an athlete in Beijing have to beg publicly in order to simply not be starved?
Are other athletes still receiving the horrible rations that she was?
Are they afraid to speak out, after all the warnings before the games?
Why did an athlete in Beijing have to beg publicly in order to simply not be starved?
Are other athletes still receiving the horrible rations that she was?
Are they afraid to speak out, after all the warnings before the games?
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