YANQING (CHINA) – Skeleton racer Kim Meylemans said Thursday she was “safe” and back in the Beijing Olympic Village having been released from a Covid isolation facility following a tearful post on Instagram.
“It seems like the video and the efforts of my Olympic committee have really paid off,” the 25-year-old Belgian said in a video message.
“At 11.35pm there was a knock on my door and I was escorted to the Olympic Village.
“I am now in a wing that’s just isolation, but at least I am back in the village. I feel safe.
“I will be able to train a little better here, thank you all,” said Meylemans, who is due to race next week in the skeleton heats but tested positive for Covid after arriving in Beijing.
She was…
