Grab your gag bucket, because Adam Peaty is blowing the lid off the culinary happenings of the 2024 Paris Olympics. And it’s pretty dire.
While speaking with iNews on Tuesday, the 29-year-old, who won silver for Great Britain in the 100m breaststroke last month, made some jaw-dropping claims about the food the athletes are provided at the Olympic Village… And our advice? Stay away from the fish… Because “people are finding worms” in it!
No fishing way!
Speaking more about the gut-wrenching discoveries, he argued:
“It’s just not good enough. We’re looking at the best of the best in the world, and we’re feeding them not the best. I just want people to get better at their roles and jobs. And I think that’s what the athletes are the best sounding board for.”
Seriously! These people are expected to perform at nearly superhuman levels, but are being fed like THIS? Make it make sense!
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Adam said he and other Olympic athletes have been “blindsided” by the lapse in culinary care, adding:
“The catering isn’t good enough for the level the athletes are expected to perform. We need to give the best we possibly can.”
The swimmer also criticized the fact Olympic organizers initiated a goal to have 60 percent of all meals provided to athletes be vegetarian, and some even completely vegan. He argued:
“The narrative of sustainability has just been punished on the athletes. I want meat, I need meat to perform and that’s what I eat at home, so why should I change?”
That’s valid… A huge part of these athletes’ training process is diet, so why should they have to forgo their personal nutritional plan when it’s really time to perform??
Adam has previously competed in the Summer Games in Rio in 2016 and Tokyo in 2020, which he said had great meal options and organization in comparison to Paris:
“Tokyo, the food was incredible, Rio was incredible. But this time around, there wasn’t enough protein options, long queues, waiting 30 minutes for food because there’s no queuing system.”
He told the outlet he’s coming forward with his complaints “for people to get better.”
A Paris spokesperson also spoke to iNews, ensuring they’re taking the criticism “very seriously” and are working to “ensure that the service runs smoothly” — though they said there has been “no information to be able to confirm the specific allegation” of the worms.
We really hope for the sake of all the athletes performing in the Summer Games this year that the food issue gets resolved! Thoughts??
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