Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic claims to have been “poisoned” in 2022, while he was in detention in Australia before being expelled from the country for failing to be vaccinated against Covid-19, in an interview published Thursday January 10 on the GQ magazine website. “I had health problems. And I realized that in this hotel in Melbourne (where he was detained, Editor’s note) I was given food which poisoned me,” said the winner of 24 Grand Slam tournaments, who will try to get rid of it. win a 25th at the Australian Open (January 12-26). “I discovered things when I returned to Serbia. I never said it publicly, but I discovered high levels of heavy metals.” In his body, Djokovic assured that he discovered “lead, a very high level of lead and mercury”. Asked whether the contamination was of food origin, the Serb judged that it was “the only explanation” possible. The former world number 1, now 7th, created controversy by refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19. At the start of 2022, after his arrival on Australian territory to play the first Grand Slam of the season, his visa was canceled. After being detained, Djokovic was finally expelled from Australia and was unable to play in the tournament, which he however won for the tenth time a year later, in 2023.
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Tennis: Novak Djokovic claims to have been “poisoned” before his expulsion from Australia in 2022
