Australian officials are criticized over “double quarantine” for Olympians.

Australian Olympians at the airport in Sydney on Aug. 1 after returning from Tokyo.Credit...Jenny Evans/Getty ImagesThey traveled to Tokyo to compete for their country in the Summer Olympics, winning 46 medals for Australia in swimming, cycling, basketball and more. But that didn’t exempt Australian Olympians from their country’s strict rules for quarantine, which for some athletes is up to 28 days.

Anyone flying into Australia must quarantine in a hotel for 14 days, with many Olympians arriving in Sydney, Australia’s largest city, and completing their quarantine there. But 16 athletes traveling on from Sydney to the state of South Australia must spend another 14 days quarantining at home, a…