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