Lunch at gymnastics: Not knowing the rules hurts

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BEIJING -- Gymnastics team qualifying round is a long day at the office.

Competition began at noon so that meant catching a 10 a.m. bus. The final group will finish at about 10 tonight. So Juliet Macur from the New York Times went up to the media food lounge where there is a lovely display of boxed Chinese lunches. They smelled good, looked good. Great, we’ll have two.

Nope. Turns out you have to order your media food two days in advance. We’re not exactly sure from whom. We were already too late to order for Sunday, the women’s team qualifying day. But we could order for Monday -- except Monday there is no competition.

-- Diane Pucin