Paris Olympics 2024 will start from 26 July and will continue till 11 August. In these 15 days, about 10500 athletes will claim the medal. This gives an idea of ​​how difficult it is for an athlete to win an Olympic medal. For this, along with many types of training, a specific amount of calories has to be taken. With this, they prepare themselves for their respective sports. Do you know which athlete consumed the most calories in the Olympics? Let's find out.

So many records made in Olympics

American swimmer Michael Phelps is the most successful athlete in Olympic history. He participated in 4 Olympics in his career, winning a total of 28 Olympic medals. He has many records in his name in the Olympics. The first record is of winning the most gold medals in the Olympics.

He made his debut in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and participated for the last time in the 2016 Rio Olympics. During this time, he won 23 gold medals. Not only this, he also holds the record for the most (13) Olympic gold medals in individual events. He has also won the most (16) Olympic medals in individual events.

He created history by winning a total of 8 gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Phelps broke Mark Spitz's 36-year-old record in Beijing. Spitz had been holding the record of winning the most gold medals (7) in a single edition since 1972. After his historic success in China, he revealed his calories, which will shock you.

Michael Phelps used to take 10 thousand calories

Phelps had said that during this time he used to take 10 thousand calories in a day. Let us tell you that a common man has the capacity to take 2000 to 3000 calories in a day. Simply put, he used to eat 5 times more food than any common man. Not only this, he used to eat such food which is generally considered bad for fitness.

What was Michael Phelps' diet?

Michael Phelps used to have a very heavy breakfast. He used to wake up in the morning and eat three fried egg sandwiches. He also used tomatoes, lettuce, fried onions and mayonnaise in it. After eating this, Phelps used to eat three chocolate-chip pancakes. If you are surprised to know this, then let us tell you that his breakfast is not over yet.

After sandwiches and pancakes, he used to eat 5 egg omelet, three sugary French toasts and a bowl of oats. After finishing all this, he used to drink two cups of coffee so that all these things could be digested easily. Sometimes even this was not enough for him, then while going for training, he used to stop on the way and eat something more.

Lunch and dinner were like this

You must be shocked to know about Phelps' breakfast. Now let's know about his lunch. Michael Phelps' lunch was less than his breakfast. He used to eat half a kilogram of pasta for lunch. Along with this, he used to eat two large ham sandwiches and mayonnaise wrapped on white bread. After finishing all this, Phelps needed a set of energy drink.

Phelps used to eat less food in dinner than in lunch. Despite this, you will not believe knowing about his dinner. Olympic champion Phelps used to eat about half a kilogram of pasta with carbonara sauce, a large pizza and drink an energy drink in dinner. By combining these three, he used to eat a total of 10 thousand calories.

How many hours did you train?

You have come to know how much food Michael Phelps used to eat, now also know to what extent he used to work hard for the Olympic medal. Apart from this, how did he burn his calories. You will be surprised to know that even after eating food equivalent to 10 thousand calories, Phelps had only 8 percent fat in his body, whereas 18 to 24 percent fat is considered good in the body of a healthy man. That means he was much above this scale. Phelps used to train 6 hours daily to burn his calories and this process of his used to go on for 365 years. This used to convert his food into energy.