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Diets can be of paramount importance to a sportsman – Novak Djokovic’s grand slam success is based on a strict gluten free one, WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley defeated Manny Pacquiao on a trusted vegan one, and Usain Bolt at the 2008 Beijing Olympics…he powered to three gold medals fuelled by Chicken McNuggets, a total he now estimates to have reached 1,000 during his 10 days in the Chinese capital.
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The Jamaican revealed in his soon-to-be released autobiography, Faster than Lightning, his passion started with a box of 20, yes 20, of the golden chicken treats, but with his training going into overdrive, he soon needed far more, up to 100 a day, and even turned to an apple pie to take the edge off.
“At first I ate a box of 20 for lunch, then another for dinner,†he wrote. “The next day I had two boxes for breakfast, one for lunch and then another couple in the evening. I even grabbed some fries and an apple pie to go with it.â€
The sprinter, who lit up the games, breaking three world records, claimed he only began eating the nuggets because he simply found Chinese food “oddâ€.
Image courtesy of Andre Kiwitz, CC BY 2.0
And of course, cue DJ Steve Porter’s awesome “Faster Than Lightning” remix
