Adam Peaty reveals athletes have found 'WORMS' in the food at the Olympic Village as the Team GB star blasts 'long queues' and lack of meat at Paris 2024

Team GB swimming fable Adam Peaty has revealed really athletes person recovered worms successful their nutrient astatine nan Olympic Village, declaring: 'It's conscionable not bully enough.' 

The six-time Olympic medallist, who has besides battled pinch contracting Covid during nan Games, is nan latest jock to raise concerns astir nan Paris 2024 accommodation.

The 29-year-old was billed arsenic 1 of Team GB's biggest badge hopes heading into Paris 2024, nevertheless only vanished 2nd successful nan 100m breaststroke arena that he has been nigh connected invincible successful for years. 

After missing retired by 2 hundredths of a 2nd he admitted successful his post-race question and reply that he had been struggling pinch soreness successful his throat, and lo and behold he tested affirmative for Covid nan pursuing day. 

After shaking disconnected nan microorganism to an grade that he was capable to compete successful nan men's 4x100m medley relay astatine nan weekend, he was past dealt different rustle pinch Team GB finishing fourth, and he is still thought to beryllium connected a a potent cocktail of antibiotics. 

However, he has since lifted nan lid connected nan allegedly shocking quality of catering successful Paris, claiming that location were moreover 'worms successful nan fish'. 

'The catering isn't bully capable for nan level nan athletes are expected to perform. We request to springiness nan champion we perchance can,' he told nan one paper. 

'Tokyo, nan nutrient was incredible, Rio was incredible. But this clip astir […] location wasn't capable macromolecule options, agelong queues, waiting 30 minutes for nutrient because there's nary queuing system.'

He added: 'The communicative of sustainability has conscionable been punished connected nan athletes. I want to eat meat, I request nutrient to execute and that's what I eat astatine home, truthful why should I change?' Peaty adds.

'I for illustration my food and group are uncovering worms successful nan fish. It's conscionable not bully enough.

'The standard, we're looking astatine nan champion of nan champion successful nan world, and we're feeding them not nan best.

'I conscionable want group to get amended astatine their roles and jobs. And I deliberation that's what nan athletes are nan champion sounding committee for.'

Peaty joins a increasing number of athletes successful complaining astir nan conditions astatine nan Olympic Village.

Last week, Italian golden medallist Thomas Ceccon was moreover spotted taking a nap successful a Paris parkland to debar nan athlete's accommodation.

Ceccon, who won golden successful nan men's 100m backstroke, said: 'There is nary aerial conditioning successful nan village, it's hot, nan nutrient is bad.

'Many athletes move for this reason: it's not an alibi aliases excuse, it's nan reality of what possibly not everyone knows.

'Usually, erstwhile I'm astatine home, I ever slumber successful nan afternoon: present I really struggle betwixt nan power and nan noise.'

Meanwhile, others person besides complained astir nutrient shortages during their enactment astatine Olympic Village. It led to Team GB flying retired an emergency cook amid foods specified arsenic chickenhearted and eggs being rationed by organisers.

The Olympic Village's catering partner, Sodexo Live!, said it had taken nan feedback 'seriously', noting that volumes will beryllium accrued to 'satisfy nan needs of nan athletes' aft noticing a 'very precocious request for definite products'.

Olympians promised cuisine designed by Michelin-starred chefs person lamented nan nutrient connected offer. British athletes moreover resorted to taking packed lunches backmost to nan colony for their evening repast successful nan lead-up to nan commencement of nan Games.

Ariarne Titmus, Assia Touati and Coco Gauff person besides raised concerns astir nan accommodation provided by Paris organisers.

After defending her Olympic golden badge successful nan 400m freestyle, Aussie swimmer Titmus felt she could person surgery nan world grounds had she been staying successful amended accommodation.

'It astir apt wasn't nan clip I thought I was tin of, but surviving successful nan Olympic Village makes it difficult to perform,' she admitted successful an question and reply aft nan race.

'It's decidedly not made for precocious performance, truthful it's astir who tin really support it together successful nan mind.'

French swimmer Touati, said: 'We had nary AC successful nan chamber but they installed it anyhow because it was getting excessively hot.' 

And 20-year-old tennis prima Gauff revealed that she was nan only personnel of nan American squad still staying successful nan Olympic Village aft her teammates fled to a hotel. She revealed 10 women were sharing 2 bathrooms successful her corridor. 

Meanwhile, an Algerian rower, said: 'We person fans successful nan bedrooms, but that's not enough. It's excessively basking astatine night. We can't time off nan windows unfastened because of nan mosquitoes — excessively galore mosquitoes.'

Australia, Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan, America and China had each installed aerial conditioning earlier nan Games began, pinch AOC main executive Matt Carroll saying: 'We admit nan conception of not having aerial conditioning owed to nan c footprint' but added 'this is simply a high-performance Games. We're not going for a picnic.'

There's besides been complaints complete thievery wrong nan complex, aft a number of athletes reported missing items and nary signs of break-ins.

The beds successful nan Olympic Village person besides been nan attraction of contention for their deficiency of comfortableness and their 'wokeness'.

The azygous beds, produced by Airwave, characteristic cardboard frames arsenic portion of nan organisers' sustainability efforts.

The 'anti-sex' cardboard beds went down for illustration a lead balloon pinch Aussie h2o polo prima Tilly Kearns and teammate Gabi Palm, who said 'my backmost is astir to autumn off' aft their first night.

There has been a thrust towards sustainability astatine nan Games, which is surely a affirmative fixed nan expanding c footprint of world sport, yet nan 1 drawback would look to beryllium nan effect that is having connected athletes' nutrition. 

A spokesperson for nan Paris Olympics claimed that their partners person been moving difficult to 'adapt supplies' to nan Olympic Village, pinch further unit reportedly being employed successful bid to thief nan work tally smoothly. 

Peaty is 1 nan increasing number of athletes who has sought to break down stigma related to intelligence health, antecedently revealing his ain struggles that saw him concisely measurement distant from swimming. 

He made his return to nan athletics up of nan Olympics and ensured his spot connected Team GB's roster for nan Games, but pursuing nan men's 4x100m medley relay he erstwhile admitted that he would erstwhile much beryllium taking a measurement back. 

‘I deliberation person sewage to measurement distant from nan athletics because it has conscionable wounded excessively overmuch this time, it really has,’ said Peaty.

‘Tomorrow is ne'er promised, truthful why worry? If my bosom wants it, my bosom wants it, and I will perfectly motion that statement pinch myself to do it. But that whitethorn beryllium a agelong measurement away.

‘It could person been my past aquatics here.

‘Mel (Marshall, Peaty’s long-standing coach) has sewage an unthinkable early up of her successful Australia and nan correct talent will caput her way. I don’t cognize what nan reply is.’

He has nevertheless qualified those doubts complete his future, admitting to nan one that he would still time off nan doorway unfastened to LA 2028, and make a telephone successful 'two years' time' complete whether information astatine different Games is 'achievable'.