{"id":1576263,"date":"2022-07-28T09:40:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T13:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1576263"},"modified":"2022-07-28T09:40:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T13:40:19","slug":"fact-check-did-a-covid-19-vaccine-cause-rafael-nadal-to-collapse-during-a-recent-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-a-covid-19-vaccine-cause-rafael-nadal-to-collapse-during-a-recent-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did A COVID-19 Vaccine Cause Rafael Nadal To Collapse During A Recent Press Conference?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-a-covid-19-vaccine-cause-rafael-nadal-to-collapse-during-a-recent-press-conference%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1576263&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1407167814-scaled-e1658945642222.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/biserka.putanec\/videos\/1673850256329777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal collapsed during a press conference as the result of the side effects of a COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: Misleading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The video was taken in 2011 and shows Nadal suffering from a muscle cramp following a tennis match. His collapse was not due to the COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nadal won the Australian Open tennis tournament in January after one of the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/tennis\/rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">top-ranked<\/a> players, Novak Djokovic, was deported from the country because of his refusal to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/tennis\/news\/novak-djokovic-likely-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-after-rafael-nadals-australian-open-win-biographer-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS Sports<\/a>. Nadal is vaccinated against the virus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2022\/01\/10\/rafael-nadal-welcomes-novak-djokovic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington Post<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>A video shared on Facebook claims he recently suffered from side effects related to his COVID-19 vaccine. The video shows Nadal falling down on his chair during a press conference in obvious discomfort. \u201cConvid <em>(sic)<\/em> vaccine advocate Rafael Nadal collapses at Live press conference,\u201d reads the July 25 post\u2019s caption. \u201cAnother sport athlete vaccine injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video predates the COVID-19 pandemic. A reverse image search revealed the video is actually from 2011 and shows Nadal suffering a leg cramp during a press conference. The video was posted on the US Open\u2019s verified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ABY0BR8d_z0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube channel<\/a> in 2011 with the title \u201cRafael Nadal Cramps Up During Press Conference | US Open 2011.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Nadal suffered a muscle cramp after defeating David Nalbandian in the US Open in a match that lasted approximately two-and-a-half hours in \u201csearing midday heat,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/8ZD9E#selection-909.43-909.59\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/01\/28\/fact-check-hank-aaron-killed-covid-vaccine-natural-causes\/\">(RELATED: Viral Image Falsely Claims Hank Aaron Was \u2018Killed\u2019 By A COVID-19 Vaccine)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just have cramping in my leg, that\u2019s all,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/8ZD9E#selection-1069.2-1069.191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> Nadal during the press conference. \u201cThere are no questions. I already finished my press conference in English. I talked half an hour. I just have cramping in front and behind. That\u2019s why it was so painful. That\u2019s all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time misinformation around athletes and COVID-19 vaccinations have spread online. Check Your Fact previously debunked a claim in December 2021 that suggested Los Angeles Chargers tight end Donald Parham Jr. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/12\/28\/fact-check-nfl-player-donald-parham-covid-vaccine-heart-attack-game-chargers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suffered<\/a> from a vaccine-related heart issue during a National Football League game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on Facebook claims Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal collapsed during a press conference as the result of the side effects of a COVID-19 vaccine.Verdict: Misleading The video<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1576263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1576263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1576263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1576263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1576263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}