U.S. gold medal swimmers celebrate with Big Macs

U.S. swimmers Conor Dwyer, Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte and Ricky Berens pose with their gold medals after winning the men's 4x200m freestyle relay final during at the London 2012 Olympic Games on July 31, 2012.

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(CBS/AP) You've just won an Olympic gold medal in the men's 4x200 relay. How do you celebrate?

If you're American swimmers Ricky Berens and Conor Dwyer, you go to McDonald's.

"It was pretty bad," Dwyer said, according to the Associated Press. "A couple quarter pounders, McFlurries, fries."

Berens tweeted a picture of their feast, which included Big Macs.

"We eat so healthy all the time, so I felt pretty gross after that," Berens said.

"I still feel bad this morning," added Dwyer.

The McDonald's at the London Olympic Village, which doles out free food to athletes, has been a source of conversation in the U.K. The restaurant is reportedly the biggest McDonald's in the world - a double-decker eatery that was expected to serve 50,000 Big Macs in just four weeks.

One bookmaker has offered odds on whether a British athlete will be photographed eating a McDonald's Big Mac.

[lloydbest1]

""It was pretty bad," [U.S. swimmer Connor] Dwyer said, according to the Associated Press. "A couple quarter pounders, McFlurries, fries.""

""I still feel bad this morning," added Dwyer."

Tells you all you need to know about the company and their fare.....

[RealiteBites]

Phelps and his McDs LOL!!!

He probably's probably also gonna celebrate with another bong hit ... hopefully he'll be able to stay out of the news with that one this time around :p

[lloydbest1]

A flash for ya.....

Phelps isn't even mentioned in the article. We have no way of knowing if we was even anywhere near there.

[A_Canadian_Opinion]

Four major food groups represented in the Big Mac - hard to fault that type of nutritional balance! And the great taste of the secret Mac sauce - a home run!

[matt6052]

McDonald's Corporation is not seeking new franchisees, particularly those without experience or millions in financing already organized, but exceptions can be made.

[thoughtxchange2]

McDonalds is literally the only fast food hamburger that I refuse to eat. They are extremly below par in every way but cost. Every other fast food chain actually tries to make an edible burger- not McDonalds. I swore I'd never eat another one after giving them a second chance after not eating there for years- the ad seemed like the burger might be OK. Got it and it reminded me of the burger out of the Wendy's wheres the beef? ads from the 80's. They do have good breakfast stuff and smoothies I will give them that. They just need to totally redo their burgers!

[parisdakar]

I'm sure some folks at McDonalds will have a chat with them soon.

[keote_poet]

Seems Ronald McDonald is their new nutrionist...

[TimeToEvolve]

These guys are young and active now. But it they keep eating that poison "food", they are going to end up in bad shape when they are older. Have you seen what people look like who go to those places for a while.

[hypnotoad72]

Congrats to the athletes!

I otherwise thought this may have been an ad, what with some of the athletes mentioning feeling gross afterward, or even still feeling bad. It's just a mindset on their part, but it is not uninteresting to read.

Why does the article exclaim American athletes go to McDonalds, suggesting the company is American when - in fact - it's multinational and doesn't have any loyalty to any nation, or at least nations that demand something in return for taxpayer-funded handouts? (do a web search for "mcdonalds corporate welfare" and get all the articles you'd like to see cited as proof, if any be needed in this day and age...)

But nothing is free, and I doubt that company is going to take a hit in its stock.

Costs usually go into the cost of a product that customers pay for.

Or the quantity of an ingredient for a product is quietly reduced with the cost remaining the same.

So the customers, not the company, are ultimately paying for this.

Not that there's anything wrong with that, but as tapxayers have a gripe as to where their tax money goes... but McDonalds is a private company. Do customers get a say as to how they run business?

And what if McDonalds had no competition, while using means to drive competition under, while selling you the notion that only big recognized brand names are the "good" brands to be respected?

Just food for thought.

[hypnotoad72]

I didn't expect to find this:

http://wn.com/mcdonalds_=_corporate_welfare

The really good stuff starts at 1:56 as he rails on taxes...