Kimchi is not provided in the Winter Olympic Village. The Winter Olympic Village does not provide kimchi because kimchi is not nutritious enough to fulfill the daily dietary needs of the athletes. So this time, the Winter Olympic Village does not provide kimchi. Kimchi belongs to a kind of pickled food, this kind of pickled food actually does not have a particularly large nutrient content, on the contrary, if excessive consumption, will make the human body's health is jeopardized.

Winter Olympic Village restaurant in the meal, not only to take into account to meet the world's Olympic athletes a taste, but also to maintain a healthy and nutritious elements to nutrition as a prerequisite, athletes came to Beijing to participate in the Winter Olympics, their training and competition consumption is very large, than the average person to consume a large amount of each meal need to provide athletes with adequate nutritional protection.

Winter Olympic Village facilities

According to the Olympic Charter, there must be restaurants, hospitals, stores and cultural and recreational centers as auxiliary facilities in the Olympic lining. As the Olympic Games became more widespread and more countries and athletes participated, the size of the Olympic Village increased and so did the number of facilities.

At the 2004 Athens Olympics, the Village covered 1.24 square kilometers and included a hospital, doping control center, several places of worship, restaurants, swimming pools, a running track and two indoor training halls.

Beijing 2008, the Olympic Village has a total floor space of 370,000 square meters. The living space per capita reached more than 22 square meters. It is equipped with athlete's comprehensive clinic, restaurant, multi-functional library, recreation center, leisure and sports area and other related service facilities. The leisure and sports area includes gymnasium, swimming pool, tennis court, basketball court, jogging track and so on.