Jannik Sinner, Federica Pellegrini throws gasoline on the fire.

The words of Federica Pellegrini

There was also Federica Pellegrini at the opening ceremony of Casa Italia in Paris 2024 and inevitably the former swimmer had to answer the question of the moment regarding the Olympic forfeit of Jannik Sinner, who returned home with tonsillitis.

“Aside from the health problem which I hope will be resolved soon, in my opinion there’s a different approach to the Olympics from sport to sport. Sinner has Slam tournaments that count as an Olympics for him. We in Olympic sports have the Games that are worth more than anything else".

"È logical that he has to make decisions that are certainly different from those of an athlete who canò compete in the Olympics every four years. So è very different from sport to sport“, concluded Federica Pellegrini.