The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has intervened after Belgian skeleton racer Kim Meylemans posted an emotional video on social media documenting her treatment in isolation ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. After testing positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in China, Meylemans said she was told she could leave a quarantine hotel after three days of isolation and multiple negative PCR tests. But rather than return her to the Olympic Village, an ambulance took the 25-year-old to another nearby facility for seven additional days of isolation, where she broke down in tears on Wednesday as she recalled her ordeal from her room. This is what many people feared. Tragic and terrifying. pic.twitter.com/mU9yZ3IiBb — tariq panja (@tariqpanja) February 2, 2022 The Global Athlete organisation decried the treatment of Meylemans as “totally unacceptable”, with the IOC swiftly releasing a statement saying she will be given a room in the Olympic Village on Thursday. “Hi everybody. Some of you have read the good news that I was sent out of the isolation facility,” Meylemans said in her video. “We thought this would mean I was allowed to return to the Olympic Village and be treated maximum as a close contact. “On the way to the Village we did not turn to the Village, but the ambulance went to another facility where I am now. “I am supposed to stay here for another seven days with two PCRs [tests] a day and no contact with anybody else. I am allowed to slide alone. We are not even sure I will ever be allowed to enter the Village.” Meylemans ‘feels safe’, thanks fans after moving into Olympic Village Women’s skeleton official training heats begin on February 7 at the Yangqing National Sliding Centre, and competition starts on February 11. “Obviously this is very hard for me,” Meylemans added. “So I ask you all to give me some time to consider my next steps, because I’m not sure I can handle 14 more days and the Olympic competition being in this isolation.” Beijing has imposed strict Covid-19 restrictions as part of its “closed-loop” policy for participants at the Winter Olympics. Rules state athletes who test positive must follow close contact protocols for seven days after posting two negative Covid-19 tests. They can train and compete, and live in the Olympic Village, but need to be in a single room, eat alone, and be transported alone during that time period. The IOC said Meylemans was put in another quarantine hotel “temporarily” because “there was no such room directly available” at the Olympic Village. “It is a facility which is dedicated to close contacts in order for them to meet all the criteria to continue to train and compete,” the statement read. “When the IOC learned about her personal situation after her arrival in the hotel, it took immediate contact with the NOC [National Organising Committee] of Belgium to ensure that appropriate support is offered to her swiftly. “A single room in the Olympic Village will be made available to her as of tomorrow. The IOC stands ready to support the NOC and the athlete.”