Athletes complain that Olympic village is ‘too vegan’

It's too hot and too vegan

Now, athletes have called out the village where they are staying as being ‘too vegan’.

Previously, the village which boasted Michelin chefs had faced complaints that there was a shortage of food, and some meat was undercooked, prompting Team GB to fly in a private chef.

Before the games began, Paris organisers boasted that 60 per cent of its food options in the village would be plant-based.

Games organisers have caved into pressure from the athletes and ordered more than 700kg of eggs and a tonne of meat to replace the vegan food focus of its meals in the village.

Paris 2024 chief executive Etienne Thobois said: “As far as food is concerned we had to make a few changes and we had to adapt.”

According to The Times, athletes have also complained that the apartments are too hot.

Organisers of the Paris Games were determined to make this Olympics the most sustainable of all time and as such have designed their village apartments to be ‘self-cooling’.

However, Paris temperatures have reached as high as 36 degrees and athletes have resorted to buying or hiring their own air conditioning units for their rooms.

French swimmer Assia Touati, said: 'We had no AC in the bedroom but they installed it anyway because it was getting too hot.'

An Algerian rower also slammed the lack of air conditioning as they said: “We have fans in the bedrooms, but that's not enough. It's too hot at night. We can't leave the windows open because of the mosquitoes — too many mosquitoes.”

Several delegations took it upon themselves to install air conditioning units themselves before their athletes arrived including Australia, Britain and America.

Chief Executive of the AOC, Matt Carroll said: “We appreciate the concept of not having air conditioning due to the carbon footprint but this is a high-performance Games. We're not going for a picnic.”

Several athletes have also reported belongings going missing with no signs of a break-in.

A Japanese rugby player claimed he had £2,500 worth of items stolen including his wedding ring and a necklace while Brazilian footballer Zico was the victim of a distraction theft.