In Paris, Australia will give its Olympians Milo and Weet-Bix to remind them of home, medicine to ward off sickness from the Seine, and portable machines to blast cold air through the energy efficient rooms, which are not air-conditioned.
At a briefing on Wednesday, the Australian Olympic Committee revealed details of its plans for the athletes’ village, which include a high-performance gym for the exclusive use of its own athletes. The three baristas build on a tradition begun in Tokyo, when a local coffee cart hired by the AOC was coincidentally manned by a Victorian barista living in Japan, who had honed his craft in Fitzroy.Over two weeks, using two mini machines, he made an estimated 600 coffees a day, assisted occasionally by former swimmer and deputy chef de mission Susie O’Neill.
If athletes did swim, Australia would provide eye baths, antibacterial body washes, and anti-gastric medication after races to ensure bugs from the water did not have a lingering impact on athletes’ health. The heat is also concerning Australian organisers, who are worried about the impact on the athletes of another heat wave; last summer, temperatures in Paris ran above 35 degrees for nine days.
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