Beijing 2022 - ‘We’ll have to do a KFC date’ - Valentine’s Day love inside the Winter Olympics ‘closed loop’
What do you mean a KFC date would not be top of your list to mark Valentine’s Day? For athletes competing at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, there are not many other options. British speed skaters Ellia Smeding and Cornelius Kersten are one of a number of couples at the Games, but the ‘closed loop’ set-up means that athletes are not able to escape the Olympic Village and explore China's capital city. Ad/> Athletes, journalists and staff all have to stay inside an isolated bubble and not mix with the general public in an attempt to restrict the number of Covid cases, which seems to have worked so far.
