“Novak Djokovic is the first professional athlete to be banned from a major sporting event for “not taking drugs.”
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Claim dated 16 Jan 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Multiple professional athletes like Kyrie Irving, Charlie Beljan and Caster Semenya have been banned, in one form or another, from competing in their sports for refusing to take medication or get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 January 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 January 2022, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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