'We eat meat every meal?' Growing discontent with the athlete's village's diet, 'Lunch Box Service' South Korean team 'Talking about another country'
Jul 27, 2024
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Britain's The Times reported on the 26th (Korea time) that the British team participating in the Paris Olympics is dissatisfied with the food in the Olympic village. According to reports, the British side has taken issue with nutritional imbalances in the diet and food quality. Andy Anson, CEO of the British Olympic Association, said, "There is not enough food, such as eggs, chicken, certain carbohydrates, and the quality of food is also a problem, such as providing raw meat to athletes. They need to improve dramatically within a few days."I complained to the Olympic organizers.
The Paris Olympic Village serves 40,000 meals a day, and the main restaurant has 3,300 seats. The Paris Olympic Organizing Committee has said it has increased the proportion of vegetarian food on the menu of athletes' village restaurants to reduce the 'carbon footprint'.
One British athlete, who asked not to be named, said "Food is the problem"There was order at the Tokyo Olympics last time, but the last few days have been crowded with people." "The Olympics have increased sustainability and are vegetarian-oriented, but it may be difficult to get even a piece of chicken at peak times," he said.
England's rowers are staying in hotels close to the stadium, one of whom said he recently visited the athletes' village and `thank you for the food in our hotel.' The rowers said `The Parisian food is much worse than the last tournament.'
In this situation, the athletes' village food supplier is sweating "I take the players' opinions seriously" and "I'm trying to increase the food supply"
It's a different story for our team, with 'Bob' shaking up the national team at the beginning of the Olympics. Korean players are focusing only on training without worrying about eating. This is thanks to the fact that 15 chefs dispatched to France from Jincheon National Training Center in Chungcheongbuk-do provide delicious and balanced lunch boxes every day.
The Korean Olympic Committee has set up the Team Korea Paris platform in Fontainebleau, outside Paris. Before the opening, the national team players who arrived in Paris were operated as pre-training camps to adjust to the time difference and weather, but after the opening, the color of the food service support center became darker.
The sports association examines the demands of athletes and leaders to ensure that athletes who moved to the athletes' village do not lose their taste of food, and delivers lunch and dinner boxes twice a day to the Paris Olympic Village, an hour and a half drive from Fontainebleau. If you leave your lunch box at a specific place in the athletes' village, the players will visit. An official from the sports association explained, `We are delivering lunch boxes twice a day for 140 people for each meal to the athletes' village,' and `After the opening, it will increase to 150 people for every meal.'
The Korean cooking team sourced meat, vegetables and fruits from France, and 1.5 tons of rice (grain, etc.), 0.5 tons of kimchi, and all other spices were airlifted from Korea due to concerns about food deterioration.
The sports association provides customized lunch boxes at the request of the players. Unlike the athletes' village's diet, which lacks meat, the athletic team's lunch box contains meat to support the athletes' physical strength every meal. Players who are unable to eat lunch boxes due to frequent movement will also be given simple meals such as rice balls, and glutinous rice beef bone porridge, which will replenish their energy, will be carefully delivered in a thermos bottle.
Team Korea Paris Platform, a pre-camp established by the Sports Council in 12 years at the Summer Olympics to wish Taegeuk Warriors well, runs until Aug. 11, the closing day of the Paris Olympics.
vanbasten@sportschosun.com
