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Adam Peaty has claimed athletes at Paris 2024 have found worms in their food as he criticised inadequate catering at the Olympic village. The six-time Olympic medallist complained about the quantity and quality of food on offer as he said it would affect the performances of athletes.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 63 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's nothing. RFK, Jr. found worms in his brain.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Poor thing starved to death.

[–] chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

‘Murica. Fuck yeah!

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Oh the irony of a country priding itself in its food serving subpar food to elite athletes.

Also, pretty incredible that they seriously thought the Seine was worthy of swimming after it being known for decades as unsafe.

[–] bob_lemon 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To be fair, they spent a whole lot of money to make the Seine swimmable. The fact that we can even question if it is safe is a huge improvement over the old status quo.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

And then had people swimming in it after a TORRENTIAL rainstorm, which anyone involved in sanitation can tell you will raise ecoli and bacterial levels in general.

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Also hilarious that athletes are somehow the only ones not allowed AC? Lol. Corrupt IoC officials were probably enjoying Paris' finest hotels and the services of Paris' finest whorehouses meanwhile somehow athletes have to deal with this shit.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's France, it was probably a delicacy...

But portions vary widely by culture, and considering these are literally Olympic athletes, it's weird ant would expect all their food to be catered. Like, Phelps ate 11k.calories a day or something nuts.

[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not arguing against your point, but I doubt Phelps is consuming that many calories during competition.

That's the diet of someone training for a competition. Practices will taper down the closer you are to the event. I'd bet he'd still have a crazy appetite, but there's no way he's doing the crazy yardage/workouts that require that many calories the week of competition.

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I remember footage of him on TV shoveling in huge plates of spaghetti in the ready room at the venue he was competing at that day.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Chad Ochoa Cinco Johnson used to sign autographs after practices while eating from a giant and seemingly never ending bag filled with Mcdoubles and McChickens.

Like, dude would go thru 10 each. Pen in one hand signing, Mikey Ds in the other.

He said it was the easiest way to get the calories he needed during the season.

[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, like I said the appetite doesn't go away. But 100000 calories is just so much, that's likely a number he's hitting in training with the help of ice cream and other stuff.

Even if he cuts his food intake in half around race time, he's still eating almost 3x as much as your typical person. Plenty of room for spaghetti.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I just picture Phelps (high as hell) asking an Olympic attendant what their spaghetti policy was poolside while eating a bag of spaghetti.

[–] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] BlorpTheHagraven@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

France does have Mimolette, which is delicious, if a bit strange. Italy is definitely taking the worm cake, though. No freaking thank you.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My dad told a story about how they were honeymooning in Paris (this was back in the 60s) and they were at a cafe and they saw this interesting-looking cheese with black dots on it. And then they noticed the dots were moving. And then a waiter came by and waved a cloth on the cheese and they all flew away.

They did not order the cheese.

[–] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 1 points 1 month ago

I'd never heard of that. Ah, something new I'll never eat willingly. Hurp.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

French here, it is also produced in France.

From the wp page you sent:

Variations of this cheese also exist in Corsica, France, where it is called casgiu merzu, and is especially produced in some Southern Corsicanvillages like Sartène.

[–] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 2 points 1 month ago

oh no.... the rot is spreading!

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

some Southern Corsicanvillages like Sartène.

Lana! Southern Corsican villages are known for their ~~leather~~ edible worms!

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I remember having to search for worms in cauliflower and broccoli you got at the grocer back in the day. That was just how produce was. That might have changed about in the 90s.

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 20 points 1 month ago

You still get bugs in produce. Always wash produce. Broccoli can have silkworms hiding in the bulbs - especially organic or homegrown, which is difficult or impossible to clean in that case. I personally don’t buy organic broccoli because of that.

But he’s talking about finding worms in fish. Of all the food to be served with worms in it, fish is the most horrifying IMO. I hope they were dead at least.

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Fresh produce usually has bugs and larvae in it, and it can be hard to entirely get rid of when you serve huge amounts. I usually buy organic produce. Being disgusted with your food just because it might seem to have been from somewhere in nature… that is such a foreign concept to me. However , if they had maggots or larvae in food that shouldn’t have it naturally, that is seriously disgusting.

[–] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] 3ntranced@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm just going to keep telling myself that's a pizza pocket to stop from vomiting.

[–] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Nature's pizza pocket.

[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yes and that's spicy marinara sauce gushing out.