Some athletes chase light carbohydrates. Others seek pre-match comfort lasagne. And in Paris, one Olympian will be eating ‘way too much’ of the local cuisine
The breakfast, lunch and dinner of champions: Australia’s deputy chef de mission Kyle Vander-Kuyp, chef de mission Anna Meares and hockey player Mariah Williams with some of their favourite pre- and post-competition foods ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
For athletes chasing carbohydrates to keep up their energy levels, pasta and pizza are the starches of choice. But for beach volleyballer Mariafe Artacho del Solar, not just any slice will do.“I do love my pizza, so I take my time in making sure it’s a good place,” she says. “I don’t just like going anywhere. I like the wood oven capricciosa.”
“When you’re nervous on comp day, it’s hard to eat, to get the calories in. So whatever was easy to consume and yummy and made me happy, that’s where I went,” Australia’s chef de mission says.Which is good news for Alexander Purnell, rower and five-Weet-Bix breakfaster who enjoys his cereal with a banana. He says the combination gets him “fuelled up ready to go”.
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