Any time you have somebody so something extraordinary there are trolls coming off questioning whether that achievement was 'clean' or by the rules.
Just a day after Nadal won his Roland Garros trophy a couple of cyclists came out to question the ethics of his injections which was interesting to see considering the prevalence of doping in cycling over the years. Probably not the best sport to question tennis's validity, considering the sport's poster boy has been found massive fraud.
Anyways, rumours about Nadal possibly doping have started to come out ever since he won that trophy. Patrick McEnroe heard those rumours but he quickly shut them down in his podcast.
So Nadal goes on to win. I don't know how he does it, he said he took some painkilling injections. I'm no Doctor, I don't know exactly what they are. People, you know, there are conspiracy theorists now coming out in the tennis world. There's one conspiracy that Nadal is doping, he's taking some sort of drug. Look, they test him all the time at the majors and whatever they're putting in his ankle, I tink it's just a painkiller. Again, I'm not a doctor, I don't know exactly what it is, but if it was something that was against the rules he'd be caught.
The rumours got so bad and garnered so much interest that WADA had to step in and make a statement explaining that nothing he did broke the rules.
If a product is on the list of prohibited products, it means that it has an effect on performance, that it is bad for health, and that it is contrary to the ethics of sport. Anaesthetic injections are not prohibited. It's not an oversight. The question arose. It was discussed. They are not on the list because they do not improve performance and are fundamentally not bad.
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