As if the olympics could not descend further into chaos and controversy, we have this story. Women ski jumping has had a hard slog to get into the olympics. Women competing in ski jumping is a relatively new event at the Winter Games. It was only added to the Olympics in 2014, and the mixed team ski jumping event is part of the Games for the first time ever this year. But it is not just this sport that is in question. In the video below a full review of the questionable activities in other sports is included that NBC and other news agencies are not reporting for their own concern with China.
If we have thoughts about the fairness of the whole thing, WND has a good review of what life is like for the athletes and raises the question:
Olympic athletes are exposing the disturbing measures China is taking in an attempt to hold a “COVID-free” Olympics.
According to the UK Daily Mail, dozens of athletes said they had experienced inhumane conditions while in isolation due to positive COVID-19 tests.
Russian biathlete Valeria Vasnetsova said she was served an extremely small and unappealing meal three times a day for five days while she was in isolation. By the end, she said her “bones [were] sticking out,” the Daily Mail reported.
Polish speed skater Natalia Maliszewska had a similarly terrible experience. She said she was repeatedly moved into and out of isolation due to conflicting results from the unreliable COVID-19 tests being used in China.
As for the skiers it turns out that even though the ski outfits had been worn before, it was this latest time that it was decided to disqualify the competitors.
Slovenia’s win in the Olympic debut of the mixed team ski jumping event on Monday was overshadowed by a number of disqualifications over suit violations that led several outraged athletes and coaches to slam the sport’s governing body.
Five female ski jumpers, from Germany, Austria, Norway, and Japan, were all disqualified from the competition after officials said their ski suits did not comply with the International Ski Federation’s (FIS) rules.
According to Yahoo Sports, the suits were deemed too loose which seemingly gives the skiers an advantage on their jumps.
German head of Nordic events Horst Huttel, whose team was the favorite heading into the event, said, via Reuters, that the situation was “outrageous.”
Germany’s silver medalist Katharina Althaus was one of the disqualified skiers. She slammed the FIS for what she said “destroyed” the sport.
“I have no words for the decisions that were made today,” she wrote in a post on Instagram. “Our sport has been damaged by it … Athletes and their dreams were destroyed. I’m sorry but I have NEVER in 11 years!!! [been] disqualified.”
“I’m so disappointed and angry. We really did everything to be here and did all our best … I’m devastated and can’t comprehend it,” she continued.
The olympics are covered in the first portion of the video.
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