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British Olympians and their diets

Past winners and medal contenders for 2016 on the foods they eat or avoid

  • Becky Downie shot for OFM on the 12th May 2016 at Rushcliffe Leisure Centre, Nottingham

    Becky Downie: In this sport, extra pounds means extra pounds of impact on joints

    The champion gymnast on how her whole family adjusted their diet to suit her needs
  • Olympics

    The Brownlee brothers: ‘We have a craving for cakes but we must control it’

    Triathlon medal winners Alistair and Jonny Brownlee on the role of food in sport (porridge good, Skittles – not so much)
    • Sophie Hahn: I have to follow a food formula – but Mum’s cooking is best

    • Nicola Adams: ‘After I won gold, I went to McDonald’s for the hell of it’

    • Mark Cavendish: ‘I’d eat one multi-bag of crisps. And then another’

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