A Belgian Olympian has been released from isolation in Beijing, following an emotional plea for help about her treatment ahead of the Winter Games.
Kim Meylemans was forced into isolation after she had tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in the Chinese capital. She thought she could leave the facility after three days of isolation and two consecutive negative tests, she said on Instagram Wednesday. But instead of returning to the Olympic Village, the 25-year-old skeleton racer was taken to a separate government facility, she added.Fighting through tears, she said she may never get to enter the Beijing Winter Olympics Village.
Meylemans had tested negative a dozen times prior to her departure for the Games and was shocked by her positive result in Beijing, she said. To limit the spread of infection, Beijing is holding the entire Winter Games inside what authorities have called a"closed loop system" -- a bubble completely cut off from the rest of the city and its wider population.Inside the bubble, anyone who tests positive will be immediately removed from the Games.
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