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The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee will run on-site meal support centers in Italy to help manage the condition of South Korea’s athletes competing at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics.
The committee said it will operate centers from Feb. 6-22 in three areas — Milan, Cortina and Livigno — providing customized menus for the team. The goal is to reliably supply Korean meals and recovery-focused food amid repeated training and competition schedules to support performance.
Reflecting that venues are spread across multiple locations, the committee is setting up and running meal support centers in all three areas. It said this is the first time a Winter Olympics meal support program has been split by venue clusters, strengthening on-site support compared with the previous Games.
The committee said it is spending 2.2 billion won to dispatch 36 staff members — 15 to Milan, 12 to Cortina and nine to Livigno — and to provide Korean lunch boxes to 130 athletes. It is also introducing heat-retaining “self-heating lunch boxes” for the first time, citing cold weather and many mountain venues. Lunch box deliveries began Feb. 6 through the three centers.
Committee President Yoo Seung-min visited the Milan center at 10:30 a.m. local time on Feb. 6, took part in preparing the first lunch boxes and checked operations. “As our team is entering the full race, I joined the preparation of the first Korean lunch boxes with the mindset of supporting them directly,” Yoo said. “I hope our athletes eat these carefully prepared meals, gain strength and deliver strong performances.”
The lunch boxes provided to the team that day totaled 182 meals: 91 lunches and 91 dinners. For both lunch and dinner, 45 meals went to Milan, 23 to Livigno and 23 to Cortina. The committee said all athletes in the three areas applied in advance, and daily quantities may be adjusted depending on operating conditions such as the team’s arrival and departure schedules.
The committee said it will operate centers from Feb. 6-22 in three areas — Milan, Cortina and Livigno — providing customized menus for the team. The goal is to reliably supply Korean meals and recovery-focused food amid repeated training and competition schedules to support performance.
Reflecting that venues are spread across multiple locations, the committee is setting up and running meal support centers in all three areas. It said this is the first time a Winter Olympics meal support program has been split by venue clusters, strengthening on-site support compared with the previous Games.
The committee said it is spending 2.2 billion won to dispatch 36 staff members — 15 to Milan, 12 to Cortina and nine to Livigno — and to provide Korean lunch boxes to 130 athletes. It is also introducing heat-retaining “self-heating lunch boxes” for the first time, citing cold weather and many mountain venues. Lunch box deliveries began Feb. 6 through the three centers.
Committee President Yoo Seung-min visited the Milan center at 10:30 a.m. local time on Feb. 6, took part in preparing the first lunch boxes and checked operations. “As our team is entering the full race, I joined the preparation of the first Korean lunch boxes with the mindset of supporting them directly,” Yoo said. “I hope our athletes eat these carefully prepared meals, gain strength and deliver strong performances.”
The lunch boxes provided to the team that day totaled 182 meals: 91 lunches and 91 dinners. For both lunch and dinner, 45 meals went to Milan, 23 to Livigno and 23 to Cortina. The committee said all athletes in the three areas applied in advance, and daily quantities may be adjusted depending on operating conditions such as the team’s arrival and departure schedules.
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