Posted on 02/07/2022 4:49:01 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda
Olympians in tears over poor living conditions, lack of food at Winter Games
It’s apparently not all fun and games at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Complaints from athletes and officials are pouring in about the alleged poor living conditions, dining options, isolating rooms, and debilitating weather conditions, according to social media posts.
German Alpine skiing coach Christian Schwaiger criticized the catering in Beijing and raised concern about limited food options to fuel the high-performing pro athletes.
“The catering is extremely questionable because really it’s not catering at all. “There are no hot meals,” Schwaiger said, via the Sun.
“There are crisps, some nuts and chocolate, and nothing else. This shows a lack of focus on high-performance sport.”
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Contents of an Olympic Gold Medal:
The contents of Olympic medals can vary as the specific composition and design are determined by the host city’s organizing committee. However, minimum standards set would indicate that Olympic gold medals are at least 92.5% silver and are plated with at least 6 grams of gold.
There’s no official statement as to why they aren’t made out of pure gold, but it’s likely because pure gold medals would be much more expensive and impractical. Gold is a soft metal that is very easy to dent or scratch.
Gold medals aren’t the only medals handed out at the Olympics. Second and third place finishers are awarded silver and bronze medals, respectively. At the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, silver medals had a purity of 99.9%, according to Olympic.org. The bronze medal was made of an alloy of 90% copper and 10% zinc.
Awards That Are Made Out of Solid Gold
Although the Olympic gold medal is mostly silver, this doesn’t mean there aren’t any solid gold metals in existence. The Congressional Gold Medal and Nobel Prize medal are both made from solid gold.
The Olympic gold medals that we know and love may not be pure gold, but that doesn’t diminish the achievement they represent
They should just imagine they are in a Roman coliseum, entertaining the masses and pray they aren’t eaten by a lion.
Good luck leaving commie paradise.
Why be catered, just go into town and buy some damned food. It’s probably DELISH.
Aeroflot in 1997 was much better. Nearly Western in food service. My only complaint was the big hole in the floor of the plane, I dropped my cell phone from 30,000 feet.
What did they expect? They’re in Communist China.
They are locked up in the Olympic village and can't go into town. The Japanese did the same thing with the Summer Games.
They are locked up in the Olympic village and can't go into town. The Japanese did the same thing with the Summer Games.
No matter what my training, I would not agree to being on House Arrest. I'd skip the event first.
In the news from the past Olympics, they made note of how many condoms were used by the athletes.
Anything from here?
I call BS on the food . I know a Canadian guy who was quarantined and was amazing the stuff they delivered to his room three times a day inc. snacks , desserts , fruit , meals , beverages ...Looked good to me judging by his videos .
yum
In Communist China Olympic Village, some athletes may be more equal than others!
Reminds me of the Fractured Fairy Tales from years ago when
Androcles was cast into an arena with a lion that he had taken the thorn out of it’s paw in the past.
The Lion is so starving hungry but Androcles reminds him of the good deed he had done in the past.
The crowd GASPS!
The narrator then reminds everyone that when a Lion says he is your forever friend, remember “He is a lyin!”
-PJ
It is good to show the China enamored what Communism is like. Not that they will figure it out.
They thought they were fighting for gold medals. They’re fighting for survival.
Looks like a Michelle Obama-authorized school lunch....
yeah, I thought those reports about the condoms was so incredible. I mean, what? The athletes can’t keep their pants on for two weeks or what? The world has lost God.
Ah. A blast from the past.🤣
What?! No egg foo young or moo goo gai pan? Teriyaki chicken? Not even kung pao?!
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