- An Olympic skateboarder who was put into a COVID-19 quarantine hotel called the conditions "inhuman."
- Dutch athlete Candy Jacobs said she had to protest to receive a supervised fresh air break.
- "We need outside air," she said of conditions in the quarantine facility. "Nothing opens."
An Olympic skateboarder who was put in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 called the conditions at her hotel "inhuman."
Candy Jacobs, who has been quarantined for eight days and missed her Olympic debut, said she had to protest to receive a supervised fresh air break away from her room, where the window doesn't open.
"Yesterday we went on a strike, because we need outside air," the 31-year-old said in a video message posted to Instagram. "Anything, an open window, open door, because nothing opens."
"Having that first breath of outside air was the saddest and best moment in my life," she added: "Not having any outside air is so inhuman.
"It's mentally super draining, definitely more than a lot of humans can handle."
Jacobs tested positive for COVID-19 just days after her arrival in Tokyo. She was placed in a mandatory 10-day quarantine which completely ruled her out of the Games.
Though she was "heartbroken" to have missed out, the Dutch street skater says watching her event, which was won by 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya of Japan, from her hotel room was a "super-cool distraction" from quarantine.
"This ride has been the wildest I have ever been on and hopefully never have to go through something like this again," said Jacobs.