Sochi Olympics and their share of problems. We talked of unusual toilets and hotel setbacks for journalists. And now it is a Canadian athlete who lifts a corner of the veil on what might be called “the hidden face of Sochi.”
There are no bathtubs in Sochi, did you know? We just learn through the Canadian bobsleigh pusher Heather Moyse. To take a magnesium sulfate salt bath which can relax the muscles after exercise and increase the level of magnesium in the body, the athlete has used a trash can.
She shared the evidence on her Twitter account this Sunday, February 16: “No bath tubs in the Mountain Village… So just chillin’ in a garbage bin doing a hot Epsom salt ‘bath’!” Heather Moyse published on her Twitter account.
No bath tubs in the Mountain Village… So just chillin' in a garbage bin doing a hot Epsom salt 'bath'! #NoExcuses pic.twitter.com/HwdyaPUO7K
— Heather Moyse (@HeatherMoyse) February 16, 2014