BEIJING -- The skeleton athlete from Belgium whose teary reaction to being placed into virus-related isolation made headlines last week was on the ice Monday for the start of official training.
Kim Meylemans was ninth-fastest out of 24 sliders in one training run, then 18th-fastest in the next.
Meylemans tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in China, and thought she was going to the Olympic village after returning several negative tests. She was taken to another hotel serving as an isolation facility instead, before officials intervened and got her into the village.
Meylemans is still being tested twice a day and is expected to remain in an isolated wing of the village until the midpoint of this week.
Training for her event continues Tuesday.