Peruvian Surfer Lucca Mesinas Had Simply One Criticism About Floating Olympic Village

Whereas athletes within the Olympic Village are (allegedly) sifting by 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 in regards to 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 food, we had ping-pong, things to do over there,” Mesinas mentioned. “We were allowed to leave the boat anytime to go to surf. It was pretty fun anyway.”

Many rivals have complained in regards to the situations in France … groaning over lack of air-con, small rooms and lack of loos — with one gold medalist even electing to sleep exterior.

Mesinas mentioned his solely gripe was that contemplating they have been on a ship, there was a little bit of motion happening because of the wind — so not the most effective for catchin’ Zs.

The surfer did have a great assessment of the beds on the boat … saying they have been additionally stable. Whereas he did not say precisely whether or not they have been like the “anti-sex” mattresss in Paris — he did declare there weren’t any actual romantic hookups on board.

“Maybe one,” he mentioned, laughing.

The ping-pong tournaments — together with watching the Olympics, after all — gave the impression of a giant a part of the expertise … and Mesinas did not hesitate to name the Peruvian group the most effective on the boat.

“I’m pretty sure we were [the best], the Peruvians,” he mentioned. “As surfers, every time we travel, we play ping-pong all the time. I’m not amazing at it, [but] all the team is pretty good at it.”