The coach of the Finland men's ice hockey team accused China of not respecting a player's human rights and said he was under tremendous mental stress as complaints about COVID-19 isolation protocols piled up at the Winter Olympics
for triple Olympic gold medallist Eric Frenzel and two other German athletes "unacceptable".
He demanded a complete overhaul including bigger and cleaner rooms, a working internet connection, sports equipment and better food.Schimmelpfennig said on Sunday that organisers had acted after being contacted by the team, the ski federation and the IOC. "Now the athletes have a satisfying framework of conditions. They have bigger rooms now, working Wifi, an exercise bike in the room so we have appropriate and satisfying conditions in a very difficult situation for the athletes," he said.Polish short track speed skater Natalia Maliszewska posted on Twitter that her Beijing Olympics had turned into a 'horror' story after she tested positive on Jan 30.
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