Italian Olympic Committee president Giovanni Malago is completely towards permitting an unvaccinated Novak Djokovic to compete on the Rome Masters. Final week, Italian cupboard undersecretary for sports activities Valentina Vezzali mentioned Djokovic could be allowed to compete on the Rome Masters.
Malago says permitting an unvaccinated Djokovic play in Rome simply would not be proper as he feels it could be sending the mistaken message to the Italian neighborhood. “It completely wouldn’t be proper,” Malago mentioned.
“Even when [he] showers in a camper and eat and sleep in improvised conditions, the message is completely mistaken.”
‘There shouldn’t be particular therapies’
Malago talked about that each day he will get “dozens of emails” of oldsters who need their kids to have the ability to play sports activities with none limitation.
“I get dozens of emails each day from mums and dads who’re livid as a result of their kids don’t have the inexperienced cross and can’t do sport,” he continued. “Clarify to me why a champion who’s in the identical scenario can”.
Djokovic urged he would not need to take the vaccine as a result of he would not know the way it might impact his physique. “As an elite athlete, I need to triple-ch“I stand for selection and the autonomy of each particular person, that each particular person has the correct to resolve within the matter of their well being.
I don’t like being labelled and put in the identical class with sure initiatives or actions, I by no means mentioned I assist any of these. I’ve all the time tried to respect all people’s decisions, I hope that folks can respect mine as effectively,” Djokovic instructed RTS.
“I stand for selection and the autonomy of each particular person, that each particular person has the correct to resolve within the matter of their well being. I don’t like being labelled and put in the identical class with sure initiatives or actions, I by no means mentioned I assist any of these. I’ve all the time tried to respect all people’s decisions, I hope that folks can respect mine as effectively”.
