With this Covid-19 pandemic, the Olympic village can appear very reclusive compared to the rest of the world.
Even more when you've tested positive for Covid-19.
Unhappy athletes have a fairly drastic pace of life in Tokyo, as German cyclist Simon Geschke has revealed.
The Cofidis runner, positive upon his arrival in Japan, joked on Twitter about his situation, comparing his living conditions to prison.
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In the official Quarantine hotel of the # Tokyo2020 Games.
Windows locked, exit the bedroom only 3 times a day, speaker in the bedroom ceiling that wakes you up at 7am to check your temperature.
It's fair to say it's (hopefully) the closest I would ever be to being in jail
”.
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Winner of a stage of the Tour de France in 2015, he was to participate in the road race with Germany, finally won by Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz. Tested positive for Covid-19, he must now stay in a hotel provided for this purpose while waiting for the local authorities to authorize him to return home. Geschke will have to take his pain patiently in these rudimentary conditions, isolated from the world. He will not even be able to comfort himself with tasty dishes, the meals being very "
basic
", in his own words.