Djokovic, on the brink of deportation from Australia, admitted “mistakes” | News from Germany on world events | Dw

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic on Wednesday, January 12, for the first time himself commented on the allegations that he had reported false information to the Australian authorities and attended a number of public events in his homeland, being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The athlete said that on December 14, 2021, he attended a basketball match, after which the causative agent COVID-19 was identified in some visitors.

Two days later, he passed a rapid coronavirus test, which showed negative results, and a PCR test. This analysis was positive, but Djokovic claims that he only learned the result on December 17, after attending a junior tennis event in Belgrade. The tennis player explained that he did not feel unwell and that there were no symptoms of the disease.

Recognized as a mistake in an interview after testing positive for coronavirus

At the same time, the next day after confirming a positive result, Djokovic gave an interview to the French sports newspaper L’Equipe and took part in a photo shoot for the publication. To justify his action, the athlete said that he did not want to let the journalist down. According to the first racket of the world, he observed the rules of social distancing and was wearing a protective mask. Djokovic admitted that he made a mistake and had to reschedule the interview.

In addition, the tennis player commented on the false information in his entry form submitted to the Australian authorities. The athlete attributed the incident to “personnel error” and indicated that his representatives had already passed on additional information to the Australian government.

Australian court overturns Djokovic’s deportation

Australian authorities in early January canceled the entry visa of Djokovic, a staunch opponent of coronavirus vaccinations. The athlete did not fulfill the necessary requirements for antikidny restrictions, explained the head of the Australian Ministry of Health Greg Hunt. The actions of the Australian authorities drew sharp criticism in Serbia.

The tennis player was quarantined in the hotel, but Djokovic was allowed to leave it to attend the hearing on the appeal for the cancellation of the visa. During the proceedings, the court ordered the release of the athlete from the accommodation center for persons who are to be deported from the country. The Australian government has announced that it will study the possibility of re-withdrawing Djokovic’s visa.

The Australian Open Tennis Championships will take place from 17 to 30 January. Its organizers warned that only athletes fully vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, who have recovered and recovered in the last six months, or those who have medical indications against vaccination, will be able to take part in the competition. Djokovic, on the eve of a trip to Australia, claimed that he falls into this category.

See also:

• Sports in impressionism

  Outdoor games

  Tennis has recently become a popular sport, a popular spectacle and a prestigious profession. At the end of the 19th century, throwing the ball on the lawn was an enjoyable pastime for a select few. It was at that time that Max Liebermann (1847-1935), a Jewish painter from Berlin, was looking for new subjects to depict lighting effects in an impressionist manner. Tennis Players by the Sea (1901).

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  Sports in impressionism

  Racket and ball

  One of the main representatives of Impressionism outside France (in Paris, Lieberman did not take root), the artist drew inspiration from the Netherlands, which delighted him with their light, people and nature. At first, he painted in realism style on social themes, and then moved on to purely impressionistic depictions of an elegant beach holiday. “Tennis Court in Noordwijk”, 1911.

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  Sports in impressionism

  Sea bathing

  The fashion for swimming, like tennis, came from England, where the first seaside resorts for the high society appeared already in the 18th century. Swimming in the sea quickly became a popular pastime for the German bourgeoisie. Made trips to the sea from his palace at the Brandenburg Gate and Max Liebermann. In the Dutch Zandvoort, he saw children swimming in the sea and dedicated to them the painting “After Swimming” (1904).

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  Sports in impressionism

  Sand movement

  The Netherlands Max Liebermann, alone and with his family, visited regularly throughout his life. He did not like the sea, rejected it as a motive spoiled by romanticism. Stormy pathos was alien to him, he appreciated simplicity and naturalness. On the seaside, with its dunes flooded with light, the artist observed moving bodies in natural light. Swimmers on the Beach (1910).

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  Sports in impressionism

  Horse rides

  From 1900 to 1914, the artist spent a lot of time on the North Sea coast, observing sophisticated guests on a beach vacation. Horseback riding was a favorite pastime of the nobility, and schematic images of horsemen and women were Max Lieberman’s favorite motifs, which he repeatedly used in his paintings. Horsewoman and Horseman on the Beach (1903).

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  Sports in impressionism

  Fun for the dandy

  Under the last German emperor and king of Prussia, Wilhelm II, the privileged class tried to spend its free time, following the example of the English gentlemen-athletes. In any case, such an impression is made by the German bourgeois depicted in Lieberman’s paintings. “Rider on the shore with a fox terrier” (1911).

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  Sports in impressionism

  Running and racing

  Horse racing is one of the oldest organized sports in human history. The dynamics and grace of movement of the horse and rider could not leave the impressionist from Berlin indifferent. At the Hippodrome of Florence, he found a motive for the painting “Horse Racing” (1909). Max Lieberman’s writing style was considered daring in conservative art circles for that time.

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  Sports in impressionism

  Equestrian polo

  Many times Max Liebermann visited his good friend Alfred Lichtwark, director of the Kunsthalle art museum, in Hamburg. By his order, the artist painted Polo Players in Jena Park (1903). Equestrian polo came from the East, but got its name from the British. On the European continent, the first polo club appeared in Hamburg, which is still considered the center of this sport in Germany.

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  Sports in impressionism

  Winter sport

  And in his native Berlin, Max Liebermann found motives for paintings. In the very park where he drew and rode as a young man, skipping university lectures, the artist who had risen to the top of the art Olympus and the respectable president of the Berlin Academy of Arts watched the winter fun on ice. Ice Skating in the Tiergarten (1923).

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  Sports in impressionism

  After Lieberman

  Max Liebermann was the first artist in Germany to devote so much attention to sports. After the First World War, however, this motive faded into the background in his work. The gaining popularity of football and boxing was already written by his colleagues and followers. Ernst Oppler, also a German impressionist, created Boxing Match in 1923. A sports theme in Impressionism is shown by the Kunsthalle Museum in Bremen.

  Author: Ella Volodina

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