London 2012 Olympics: McDonald's 'the wrong choice' for athletes, says Team GB sport science head His comments are likely to embarrass McDonald's, which has sponsored the Olympics for the last 40 years. It has four restaurants in the park, including its biggest in the world, which can seat 1,500 customers. On its website the company highlights how it will "feed the Games," including athletes. They have a choice of going to the Italian side and eating six dishes of pasta or having two burgers in McDonald's, but I would be very surprised if the British athletes, considering the support they get on a daily basis, go and make the wrong choice. He said he had given PowerPoint presentations to encourage athletes to eat well. "I think our athletes can be the catalyst," he said. They are the example, they are the people the nation looks at and they can be good role models. We got there because we work very hard, we look after ourselves and we make the right choices. The Italian researcher also called on policymakers to tackle poor catering in sport centres. "We have got to educate people so they make the right choices," he said. "How many times do you walk into a sport centre and see the food offering and think "this is wrong." How can you have such food and vending machines near a sport facility? They are making the right choice by going to exercise and then you cannot make the right choice when it comes to food after exercising. I think it is something that will require policy. Marco Cardinale was speaking in the Powerade Lounge at the Team GB preparation camp. Powerade will be hydrating Team GB athletes at the Games and offering hydration advice and tools to help them enhance their performance. For further information please visit www.poweradegb.com