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TIL during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Usain Bolt ate almost nothing but chicken McNuggets. He went on to win 3 gold medals and set 3 world records.
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Don_Dickle lemmy.world Patnou@lemmy.world
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Link: https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/usain-bolt-beijing-olympics-2008-chicken-nuggets
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kboos1 lemmy.world kboos1@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-10
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This makes it sound like he won because he ate McDonald's nuggets. Fixed it.

Usain Bolt ate almost nothing but chicken McNuggets. Unrelated to the Mcnuggets, He went on to win 3 gold medals and set 3 world records.
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cmbabul slrpnk.net cmbabul@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2025-08-11
#3 · Quote Reply
kboos1 wrote:
This makes it sound like he won because he ate McDonald's nuggets. Fixed it. Usain Bolt ate almost nothing but chicken McNuggets. Unrelated to the Mcnuggets, He went on to win 3 gold medals and set 3 world records.

See I read it originally as “Usain bolt was so good at running that he set three world records even after eating only McNuggets”
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Assassassin lemmy.dbzer0.com Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-09-26
#4 · Quote Reply

So if I eat enough chicken nuggets, I can beat usain bolt in a footrace
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fusionsaint lemmy.world fusionsaint@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-02-02
#5 · Quote Reply

He’s been asked this question a dozen times and says it because they are a consistent meal no matter where he is in the world. So, he basically doesn’t want to get the shits before a race by eating something fancy.
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mrmisses lemmy.world mrmisses@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-02-03
#6 · Quote Reply
Assassassin wrote:
So if I eat enough chicken nuggets, I can beat usain bolt in a footrace

Maybe in another 40 years
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JohnnyEnzyme piefed.social JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-11
#7 · Quote Reply

Mssr Donald D, dunno how to tell you this,
but junk food is not the answer.

But mate, we can start by eliminating the Ore-Ida nuggets, hey?
(voice of Jim Jefferies)
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very_well_lost lemmy.world very_well_lost@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
#8 · Quote Reply

Morgan Spurlock, eat your heart out
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Assassassin lemmy.dbzer0.com Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-09-26
#9 · Quote Reply
mrmisses wrote:
Maybe in another 40 years

What if I eat 40 years worth of chicken nuggets today?
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Agent641 lemmy.world Agent641@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-12
#10 · Quote Reply
Assassassin wrote:
What if I eat 40 years worth of chicken nuggets today?

You will beat Usain Bolt to the grave
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Assassassin lemmy.dbzer0.com Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-09-26
#11 · Quote Reply
Agent641 wrote:
You will beat Usain Bolt to the grave

I can beat Usain Bolt
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some_designer_dude lemmy.world some_designer_dude@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-15
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fusionsaint wrote:
He’s been asked this question a dozen times and says it because they are a consistent meal no matter where he is in the world. So, he basically doesn’t want to get the shits before a race by eating something fancy.

Trump’s McDonald’s diet makes more sense now.
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TJA! sh.itjust.works tja@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-02
#13 · Quote Reply
kboos1 wrote:
This makes it sound like he won because he ate McDonald's nuggets. Fixed it. Usain Bolt ate almost nothing but chicken McNuggets. Unrelated to the Mcnuggets, He went on to win 3 gold medals and set 3 world records.

Why do you think his athletic achievements are independent of his diet?
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Marthirial lemmy.world Marthirial@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-05-01
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some_designer_dude wrote:
Trump’s McDonald’s diet makes more sense now.

Not for him, though. He has the shits permanently.
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bobs_monkey lemmy.zip bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-28
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some_designer_dude wrote:
Trump’s McDonald’s diet makes more sense now.

Trump's diet is because he's a fat, lazy slob. McDs in the states vs abroad (is the EU, where they have actual food quality standards) is a night and day difference. He's traveled the world, and actively chooses to eat the slop McDs serves in the US.
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ouRKaoS lemmy.today ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-10-20
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cmbabul wrote:
See I read it originally as “Usain bolt was so good at running that he set three world records even after eating only McNuggets”

Right. He basically nerfed himself and he was still way ahead of the competition.
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Sundray lemmus.org sundray@lemmus.org
Joined: 2023-12-19
#17 · Quote Reply

But what sauce did he have?!!!
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Proprietary_Blend lemmy.world Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-12-25
#18 · Quote Reply

Trump in three, two...
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