"If a cyclist were treated like Nadal, they would call him drugged."

Rafael Nadal started treatment and was seen measuring on crutches, the Spaniard was criticized for the aggressive treatment of his foot: "Whoever is sick, does not compete. Are these the heroes of today?"

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08/06/2022

Wednesday, 08 June 2022, 12:22 Updated: 12:37

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Although he managed to win the Roland Garros tournament for the 14th time on Sunday, Rafael Nadal admitted that he has recently suffered a foot injury that is causing him great pain.

Yesterday (Tuesday) he was seen in Mallorca walking on crutches, in a picture that raised great concerns among the Spaniards and of course casts doubt on the Spaniard's participation in Wimbledon and illustrates the depth of the problem in his leg.

Francis Roig, of Nadal's team, says: "He would hardly train, he would do 20 minutes of training and stop."

However, he hopes that the new treatment that Rafa will undergo will help him: "We will have to wait. I estimate that he will receive the treatment in 3-2 stages, and he may be able to stop suffering from pain for a while."

The hope is that Rafa will be "pain free", will hold pre-season games, and if he succeeds in them he will announce his participation in Wimbledon.

According to Roig, "After Chandall won the Roland Garros for the third time I asked him, 'Up to what age do you plan to continue playing?'. He told me. '

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Begins treatment, which currently prohibits him from putting weight on the foot.

Heal on crutches (Photo: screenshot, Twitter)

"Is this the model we want to praise and teach our children?" (Photo: Reuters)

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But it went on and on, and Vandal confirmed that he had received injections in order to "numb" the foot throughout the tournament, and that the upcoming treatment would also try to "burn" the nerve, to avoid surgery.

But even though Sandal won much praise among sports fans for the physical effort he put in and the fact that he did not give in to the pain, there were those who looked at things from a different angle.

French journalist Clemens Lacour wrote that "these heroes who prefer to play at the expense of their physical health and pay the price of physical problems so much that they are forced to put their feet to sleep - is this the model we want to praise and teach our children?".

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Tibo Pinot, the French cyclist, also responded to a tweet in which spine Barbara Shet asked the respondent "how many shots did you get in the tournament", to which he replied "you do not want to know".

"Today's heroes," Pinot tweeted cynically.

He then expanded: "These treatment methods are banned in my sport ... I lost almost two years at the peak of my career to treat my back, and I'm proud of it."

Guillaume Marten, another cyclist from France, said: "What Raphael Nadal did at Roland Garros was forbidden on the bike, which is normal for me. If we are sick or injured, we are not running, not competing, and that seems like simple logic to me. Sure long, I'm not "It's sure to do good for Nadal's foot. Drugs and drugs not only have a healing effect, they can also improve performance. If a cyclist were to do the same thing, even if it was a banned substance, everyone would pounce on him and say he was drugged."

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