Egg-streme sports: Norway's Olympic squad accidentally orders 15,000 eggs after asking Google Translate how to say 1,500 in Korean

  • Norwegian team accidentally ordered a surplus of 13,500 eggs for this month's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
  • The kitchen crew wrongly translated 1,500 and ended up with 15,000
  • Fortunately, the team was able to return most of the eggs

By LAURA SEAR FOR MAILONLINE

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Ordering eggs in Korean turned out to be a lot more difficult than expected for Norway's Olympic team. They accidentally ordered 15,000 eggs instead of 1,500 after an unfortunate Google Translate mishap.  

In preparation for this month's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics the Norwegian team was gathering their supplies, the kitchen crew decided to go to a local store to order enough eggs to last the games.

By wrongly translating the number of eggs they ended up with a surplus of 13,500 eggs.

Norwegian chef Tore Ovrebo struggled to suggest what they will do with the delivery, but did not rule out consuming them.

If they did have to consume all the eggs the registered 121-strong delegation of athletes and officials would get plenty of protein, eating 124 eggs each.

'The eggs was more like a misunderstanding than something that we needed, so it was an extra zero on the order, so 1,500 to 15,000,'  said chef Ovrebo.

'Fortunately, we could return most of the order, but we were quite surprised when they carried the eggs up to us. There was no end to the delivery. Absolutely unbelievable,'  said Chef Ståle Johansen to NTB.

Norwegian Olympic team gets 15,000 eggs delivered after badly translated order

Norwegian Olympic team gets 15,000 eggs delivered after badly translated order

Chef Ovrebo said it was important to enjoy the Games as well as scramble for medals.

'The aim is to have fun, and be as good friends when we go back as when we came here. In the meantime we are hoping for 30 medals.'

While friendship is the aim, it isn't always possible in the fiercely competitive world of Olympic sports. After all, you can't make an omelette without cracking eggs.

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