date:Jul 23, 2012
just for their own athletes (but handed over the surplus to hospitals). The Argentines brought 100 tonnes of meat, the Dutch brought fruit and vegetables and Iceland brought frozen mutton.
I don't know if the Indians, who were competing as an independent nation for the first time, took along their own ghee, roti and rice, but whatever they ate, it was enough to help them win an Olympic hockey gold. We can only hope that on this return to a London no longer suffering from food shortages that our