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Rafael Nadal pleased (Reuters)
Earlier this week Rafael Nadal won again, for the 14th time at Roland Garros, and went on to establish his status as the greatest of all with 22 major titles. This time, too, the King of Clay was not in optimal physical condition, one that caused him to take shots in the leg to soothe the intense pain. Meanwhile, it was Guillaume Marten, the French cyclist, who criticized the Spaniard’s use of shots: “For us it is considered a drug.”
As mentioned, due to the leg injury, one of many in recent years, Nadal has admitted that from the second round of the Grand Slam in France he is taking shots under the supervision of his personal doctor. What are they doing? Well, these shots soothe the pain and cause numbness in his leg so the Spaniard in this case can continue to play without much suffering. At the same time, it is important to note that in the tennis industry there is no ban on taking such injections to soothe the pain.
The one who responded to this was Marten, who said: “What Rafa did is impossible in the cycling industry. With us if we are injured or sick, it is impossible to run and compete. If, for example, one of our riders did this, everyone would accuse him of doping. That’s why I think they are called heroes, as in the case of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, for example, because they suffer the pain and continue to play with him. ”
