'Vegan Olympics' Leave Athletes Hungry

Olympic teams in Paris are ordering emergency supplies of meat and eggs to cope with the “vegan games.”

Olympic organizers in Paris abruptly imposed a vegan diet on the world’s top athletes as they compete for a piece of the Eiffel Tower. The attempts to implement dietary changes backfired among hungry teams who ordered more eggs and meat to fuel their Olympic ambitions.

In The Federalist today:

Olympic teams at the summer games in Paris are ordering in emergency supplies of meat and eggs after event organizers promoted a vegan diet for the world’s elite athletes.

On Tuesday, The Australian reported “more than 700kg of eggs and a tonne of extra meat” was called in “to replace fake meat meals and non-dairy options.” The food orders were placed “as athletes rail against the Vegan Olympics.”

“Paris organisers demanded 60 [percent] of food at all Olympic venues be vegan to reduce carbon footprint of dairy, meat and cheese,” the Australian paper added. “Avocados were off the menu because of transportation emissions, but the Australian team brought their own for smashed avo breakfasts.”

Yahoo Sports reported last week that teams were left frustrated by shortages of eggs and grilled chicken “while athletes have also been served uncooked meat.”

“While there is a variety of cuisine available to accommodate the tastes of different countries — and an abundance of baguettes in France — vegan meals aren’t in line with what the athletes prefer to eat while competing,” Yahoo reported. “The [Olympic] Village provides approximately 40,000 meals a day with 3,300 seats available in the facility’s main restaurant. Some countries can’t get meals anywhere else but the Village.”

The “loudest food complaints,” according to the Washington Post, “came from Team Great Britain.”

“The food ‘is not adequate,’ the British Olympic Association’s chief executive, Andy Anson, told the Times newspaper on the eve of the Opening Ceremonies,” the Post reported. “‘There are not enough of certain foods: eggs, chicken, certain carbohydrates, and then there is the quality of the food, with raw meat being served to athletes,’ Anson said.”

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