QUINN, WHO PULLED OFF GREAT BATHROOM ESCAPE OF 2014, OFFERS TIPS TO SURVIVING LIFE IN OLYMPIC VILLAGE
After the Australian Olympic Committee said the Olympic Village in Brazil was uninhabitable, we called Johnny Quinn for advice. Quinn, as you might recall, had to break out of a bathroom in the Olympic Village in Sochi in 2014 when he was competing as a bobsledder in those Games. His tips: 1 Bring your phone with you everywhere. “The No. 1 thing is bring your phone everywhere so, if you get trapped in your bathroom (or) if you get stuck in the elevator — both of which happened to me in Sochi — you need to
have your phone.” 2 Keep an eye on your teammates. “The other thing is make sure your teammates know where you’re at. I ran into the issue where my teammate was in the weight room and I was in the village. So stay in constant communication with your teammates.” 3 Do a scouting report. “Do your due diligence. Test the door, test the shower, test the toilet before you use it.” Quinn said the athletes who will be successful in Rio have the ability to deal with distractions. “What’s interesting is, leading up to the greatest stage athletically, there always seems to be some type of logistical issue going on,” he said. “So it’s interesting to see that as an athlete. What I do know is all of the Olympians that are getting ready to compete on the world stage now have a distraction that they have to deal with. “The athletes that know how to handle the distractions the right way know how to filter this, and it won’t affect their performance.”