El a ținut să-i mulțumească, totodată, președintelui Comitetului Olimpic Spaniol (COE), Alejandro Blanco, cel care l-a propus recent pe Nadal pentru rolul de purtător de drapel al delegației Spaniei la JO 2016.
„Dacă mă vor alege pe mine, voi fi încântat, însă sunt mulți sportivi în Spania care merită să beneficieze de această onoare”, a declarat Nadal pentru postul spaniol de radio Cadena Ser.
Blanco declarase în urmă cu două luni: ”Indiferent cine va fi desemnat, va fi un sportiv admirat de întreaga lume, însă avem deja unul care ar trebui să fie portdrapelul Spaniei la Jocuri, iar acesta se numește Rafael Nadal”.
„Nadal a fost desemnat purtător de drapel și la Jocurile de la Londra (2012), dar nu a putut participa, pentru că s-a accidentat”, a reamintit președintele COE, citat de Agerpres. Blanco a adăugat că fostul lider al clasamentului ATP „a oferit multe sportului spaniol și societății spaniole, iar o formă de a recompensa acest lucru este de a-l desemna purtător de drapel pe sportivul care a fost campionul tuturor și campion olimpic (la Beijing, în 2008)”.
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