The Athletes Germany Association has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to work for substantial improvements to the quarantine conditions for athletes at the Summer Games in Tokyo.

Maximilian Klein, the representative for international sports policy at Athleten Deutschland, accused the IOC of "having dispensed with a plan B from the start".

The Order of the Rings has a "special responsibility towards all those involved".

It seems “grotesque” that the active “have to serve their quarantine in prison-like conditions, while IOC members stay in expensive luxury hotels and are provided with high daily flat rates.”

With all understanding for the strict rules after a confirmed positive corona test, the athletes should "expect to spend the prescribed quarantine under appropriate conditions," said the active representatives.

However, this is clearly not the case.

Many athletes felt “left alone, they have to obtain a lot of information themselves.

It is unclear to you what the exact sequence of the quarantine is and what steps have to be taken after it has ended.

We were told of language barriers in communication with the medical staff, ”said Athleten Germany.

Furthermore, the food supply is "neither rich nor balanced" and does not meet the sometimes specific nutritional requirements of top athletes.

In addition, athletes denounced Germany insufficient air supply in the quarantine hotel.

Anyone who resumes their training activities in the room has to wash sweaty clothes in the sink, which hardly dry afterwards.

These statements coincide with statements from quarantined athletes such as the German professional cyclist Simon Geschke or the Dutch skateboarder Candy Jacobs, who recently vented her anger on social networks.