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“We wanted to focus on the vegetarian options,” said Philipp Würz , who is responsible for food and beverages at Paris 2024. “60 percent of the recipes for the general public will be vegetarian. … It is with immense pride that we can announce that all the food options at La Concorde will be 100 percent vegetarian. It is a first in the history of the Games and the result of four years of work.”

In addition to the health benefits of vegan meals, “the ingredients used correspond to the Paris 2024 strategy, which aims at cutting in half the carbon footprint of the catering for the Olympics – hence the many fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole cereals available,” according to Olympics.com .

“Meat-free hot dogs, falafels, and plant-based ‘tuna’ will be among the meals offered to athletes and visitors during the Games this summer,” according to Express UK . Charles Guilloy, executive chef for the firm Sodexo Live!, who will run the restaurant at the Olympic Village, told The Guardian that he will be making a plant-based version of beef bourguignon using seasonal vegetables, potatoes, carrots, peas, young leeks, and shallots, among other plant-based options.

The 15,000 athletes who will stay at the Olympic and Paralympic Village will also have plant-based options including cauliflower and baked potato with turmeric; bell pepper, onion, tomato and pepper stir fry (chakchouka); veggie moussaka; and zaatar sweet potato with hummus and chimichurri.

One of those athletes is vegan basketball player Diana Taurasi, who plays for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and holds the record for the most Olympic titles in U.S. basketball history, winning golds with Team USA at Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, and Tokyo 2020 in 2021.

She recently shared with Bon Appétit some of her go-to vegan meals for fueling up, and she said that she’s better on the court now than she was more than a decade ago because of her vegan diet.

Research backs up the athletic performance benefits Taurasi has experienced on a vegan diet. A scientific review published by the Physicians Committee found that plant-based athletes benefit from improvements […]

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