[NEWSIS exclusive] Japan’s figure skating second in command Shoma Uno ‘won the silver medal after eating his mom’s homemade cooking in a hotel’

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Before he won the silver medal, Shoma Uno was found to have left the olympic village to stay in a hotel. 

Our coverage from the 21st shows that Shoma stayed at this hotel for approximately 15 days, from the 1st of February when the Japanese athletes arrived at the olympic village till after he won the silver medal. 

According to the hotel, Shoma’s mother arrived at the hotel earlier than him in order to take care of him. 

She paid special attention to her son’s three meals. Shoma is known to like meat. For this reason, Shoma’s mother strongly asked the hotel for permission to cook in their room during the stay. 

Hotel policies do not allow cooking in the rooms with utensils.

A hotel official said, “Uno’s mother strongly requested that she cook for her son so we provided her with the environment, allowing her to use the kitchen as well as the cooking utensils.”

The official added, “Shoma’s mother loves his child dearly. Maybe because of his mother’s dedication, Shoma won the silver medal at the Olympics after eating her cooking.” “It is also a happy occasion for our hotel as well.”

On the other hand, the olympic village prepares 15,000 servings each day for no cost. However, the Japanese athletes are not eating at the village. They are eating all their meals at their exclusive restaurant which is funded by a famous food company in Japan.

An official from TV Tokyo’s olympic coverage team said that the Japanese athletes eating their meals exclusively prepared by a company from their home country does not have a direct relationship with the norovirus.

The hotel also stated that “they [shoma and his mother] didn’t come to the hotel because of the virus. [shoma] wanted to stay with his mother.”