Perhaps more than any other people, Olympic athletes adhere to the strictest regimens of daily exercise and diet. With the 2024 Paris Olympics scheduled to start this week, a University of Florida College of Health and Human Performance (HHP) professor calculated how many calories Olympians require to sustain their rigorous workouts, and UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) nutrition experts devised sample diets to illustrate how athletes might replenish themselves. Among the most demanding Olympic sports, calorically speaking, is the 100-meter dash, said Benjamin Gordon, H…