British alarm athlete criticizes "Sapporo life feels like a prison"

"Food is a mess, and daily necessities also seem to be lacking"

"Athletes who come to Sapporo have to endure even tougher survival battles before competing," said Tom Bosworth (24), a British race walker. He publicly criticized the quarantine life and the unappetizing food requested by the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee.

On the 5th, ahead of the men's 20km race walk, he tweeted, "The food here is really terrible. It seems like there is also a shortage of daily necessities," adding, "Life in Sapporo feels like prison." The International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to hold the Tokyo Olympic marathon and race walking events at Odori Park in Sapporo to avoid Tokyo's heat. The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee has requested athletes to live in quarantine due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19. However, dissatisfaction among athletes is growing due to the inadequate food.

Bosworth lamented, "The IOC makes huge money by hosting the Olympics. But is this really the best food we can have before our events?" and asked, "Can't we eat proper food?" After his complaints were reported by foreign media such as Inside the Games, he deleted his critical posts about the IOC. Instead, he shared links to articles containing related content to indirectly highlight the poor conditions.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.