MOSCOW, Feb. 9 Swiss journalist Philippe Steckli helped quarantined at the Olympics in Beijing, Russian biathlete Valeria Vasnetsova, passing her chocolate and fruit, said the head of the press service of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) Sergey Averyanov. Vasnetsova received positive tests for coronavirus upon arrival in Beijing at the end of January and was hospitalized. In quarantine, the athlete complained about the quality of food, the Russian Biathlon Union intervened in the situation. On Monday, it became known that the results of Vasnetsova's two consecutive tests for COVID-19 gave a negative result, and the athlete can leave the quarantine. On Wednesday, the head coach of the Russian women's team, Mikhail Shashilov, said that the biathlete would fly to Moscow on February 12. «Lera Vasnetsova, who is still in Beijing, told interesting details of her stay. It turns out that her neighbor was some Swiss named Philip. He told her not only morally supported, but even fed with Swiss chocolate and fruit, which he left outside Lera’s door,” Averyanov wrote in his Telegram channel. “I managed to find him. SRF. We contacted him, chatted. Of course, I thanked him for what he did for our athlete. Philip is still sitting in that covid hotel, without symptoms. And I still don’t understand how he received his packages with food? We were told that it was forbidden,» Averyanov added.
