It's good modern day Olympians enjoy chocolate. Ancient Olympians did not have that privilege and had to work much harder on their diets. This piece of information comes from National Geographic 2004. It relates an account by Theodorus of Hierapolis.
Milon of Croton was an ancient Olympian wrestler. He used to eat 9kilograms of meat and as much of bread. He drank three pitchers of wine. At Olympia, he carried a four year bull on his shoulders, carried it around the stadium. After this he cut it up and ate it all alone in a single day.
Fortunately we have chocolate for our Olympians today.
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