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Whereas athletes within the Olympic Village are (allegedly) sifting by way of their meals for worms, Peruvian surfer Lucca Mesinas says every little thing was clean crusing over in Tahiti … telling TMZ Sports activities he solely had one grievance with their setup!!
We caught up with the Peruvian surfer at LAX this week … not lengthy after he competed within the browsing portion of the 2024 Video games. Naturally, we needed to ask all concerning the surfers’ HQ on a luxurious cruise ship within the South Pacific … and it sounds MUCH higher than what the oldsters in Paris have been saying.
“We had good meals, we had ping-pong, issues to do over there,” Mesinas stated. “We had been allowed to go away the boat anytime to go to surf. It was fairly enjoyable anyway.”
Many rivals have complained concerning the circumstances in France … groaning over lack of air-con, small rooms and lack of loos — with one gold medalist even electing to sleep outdoors.
Mesinas stated his solely gripe was that contemplating they had been on a ship, there was a little bit of motion occurring because of the wind — so not the most effective for catchin’ Zs.
The surfer did have an excellent evaluate of the beds on the boat … saying they had been additionally strong. Whereas he did not say precisely whether or not they had been like the “anti-sex” mattresss in Paris — he did declare there weren’t any actual romantic hookups on board.
“Possibly one,” he stated, laughing.
The ping-pong tournaments — together with watching the Olympics, after all — appeared like an enormous a part of the expertise … and Mesinas did not hesitate to name the Peruvian workforce the most effective on the boat.
“I am fairly positive we had been [the best], the Peruvians,” he stated. “As surfers, each time we journey, we play ping-pong on a regular basis. I am not superb at it, [but] all of the workforce is fairly good at it.”
Mesinas did not earn a spot on the rostrum … but it surely’s clear it did not take away his expertise within the Olympics. The query now’s … can L.A. high the expertise in 2028?!?
