# Why World Champions Get Carb Loading Wrong

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Podcast: [Fuelin Sessions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fuelin-sessions-7001876)
Published: 2026-07-02T16:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fuelin/episodes/Why-World-Champions-Get-Carb-Loading-Wrong-e3lhq1r
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## Resource

In this episode of Fuelin Sessions, Scott is joined by Fuelin dietitian and triathlete Megan Foley. They discuss a new study of female athletes at the 2024 Nice Ironman World Championships that found most fell short of their carb-loading targets, why the gap on race day is rarely about knowledge and almost always about execution, how "eating clean" and too much fiber can sabotage a race, the finding that athletes who fueled more finished faster, the mindset shift from training to eat to eating to train, and the lack of female representation in sports-nutrition research. Study ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fuelin on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check Out The Fuelin App⁠⁠

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