Aussie Olympian’s quarantine Instagram post causes hotel chaos

Hotel quarantine can be a hellish experience for lots of people but some of our Olympians are living their best lives thanks to their fans.

Hotel quarantine isn’t hell for everyone.

Our Olympians are receiving plenty of love as they complete their 14 days of isolation after returning from Japan — and in some cases it’s a little bit too much.

Boxer Skye Nicolson, who was heartbroken after losing her second fight in Tokyo, is making the most of her personal lockdown. The 25-year-old put her hotel and room number on social media asking her followers to send her some love but she had no idea how overwhelming the response would be.

The fighter certainly isn’t going hungry. She’s had everything from curries to macaroni and cheese, to pizza and nachos delivered to her door, which has been documented on Instagram. But her favourite has been the philly cheesesteaks that were kindly sent her way.

Nicolson isn’t going hungry.

Pizza always hits the spot.

“One girl personally delivered me something to reception and the guy actually said to her, ‘Oh my God, please tell me this isn’t more food for this girl. She has not stopped getting food sent to her room,” Nicolson told news.com.au.

Aussie sprinter Riley Day is staying at the same Brisbane hotel as Nicolson, receiving just as many gifts from fans after posting on Instagram she was accepting deliveries. However, the hotel was being overloaded and she was asked to stem the tide.

“I really appreciate everyone’s generosity and you mean the world to me! But I’ll have to ask everyone to kindly stop sending me things because the people downstairs are super busy helping us quarantine safely,” Day wrote on Instagram. “Love you all.”

Nicolson revealed the truth behind Day’s post, saying the track star was subjected to a level of scrutiny the boxer wasn’t.

“Riley actually got a call from the officers downstairs, requesting her to take the (Instagram) story down (asking for deliveries) because of how many deliveries she was getting,” Nicolson said.

“She asked me if I got the same thing and I was like, ‘No’. She said, ‘Why do you still get to receive deliveries? I had to take down my post’.

“I said, ‘You’re too popular!’”

Day has been getting creative. A smaller-than-usual freezer meant not all of her ice-cream could squeeze in, so she spooned some of it into water bottles that would fit.

That's one way to get your ice-cream in a freezer.

The regular container was never going to fit.

Day and Nicolson have also received things like skincare products and flowers, while Nicolson’s favourite item has been a meditation headset from BrainTap, sent to her by the Function Well gym in Brisbane.

Fellow boxer Harry Garside, who won bronze in Tokyo, put out a call for help on Thursday.

“Send me stuff while I’m in quarantine,” he wrote on Instagram, and soon he was saying thank you for a delivery of treats including some Krispy Kreme doughnuts.

Bronze medal-winning diver Melissa Wu has also been the recipient of some generous donations, posting updates about deliveries of origami and fitness products.