Tokyo Olympics: Why Nursing Athletes Called Out Olympics for ‘Drastic’ Breastfeeding Rules | Times of India

The world’s best athletes who are at the top of their game are inside the Games Village for a chance to make history. Among them are professional sports persons like Canadian Basketball player Kim Gaucher, Spanish artistic swimmer Ona Carbonell and US marathoner Aliphine Tuliamuk. Besides being brand ambassadors for the sport, they are also mothers with young infants. These nursing moms taking part in the Tokyo Olympics are finding it challenging to breastfeed their infants. Restrictions imposed by the Japanese government have made it too difficult for mom athletes to take their babies to Tokyo. Strict conditions were imposed like families will have to stay at separate hotels, not allowed to go anywhere for about 20 days, and can only meet at the edge of Olympics village for breastfeeding.