BEIJING, Feb 7 (Reuters) – A Polish short track speed skater recalled on Monday “crying like crazy” in the back of an ambulance after a 3 a.m. knock on the door of her isolation hotel room at the Winter Games by employees wearing cameras on their belts.
Natalia Maliszewska, 26, described a “traumatic” experience, during which she said she was ruled in and out of the Games several times due to conflicting COVID-19 test results, in an interview with Reuters after finally being cleared to compete.
“I was sitting in the ambulance. It was 3am. I was crying like crazy because I didn’t know what was going on. I did not feel safe at all,” she said.
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