An Olympic skateboarder who was put in quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19 called the conditions at the hotel inhuman.

Candy Jacobs has been in isolation for eight days and missed the street event in skateboarding's debut as an Olympic sport.

She said she had to force officials to allow her a supervised short break for some fresh air away from her room, where the window doesn't open.

"Not having any outside air is so inhuman," the 31-year-old Jacobs said in a video message posted on Instagram. "It's mentally super draining ... definitely more than a lot of humans can handle."

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