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Frédéric Sinistra, triple world champion of kickboxing and considered in Belgium the strongest man in the country due to his great physique, has died in a Liège hospital at 41 years old. The national media assure that the athlete contracted the coronavirus after having made a public campaign against vaccines. In addition, there are relatives who have also confirmed that they contracted the virus. However, the controversy has arisen from a message from his wife after the death in which he criticizes all those who point to the pandemic as responsible for the death.
The athlete announced his admission to the hospital on November 26. In a message on social networks, Frédéric Sinistra assured that he was suffering from lung problems for various illnesses having been a premature baby. By his own account, he had too high a lung inflammation. “I will come back even stronger,” he said in the same post. Three days later, he gave more details without specifying the problem he suffered: “I feel better and better, they are taking good care of me.”
The news about his refusal to get vaccinated against Covid-19 began to emerge in Belgium. For this reason, in a congratulation to his son, the three-time champion criticized those who pointed to him for being suffering from coronavirus. “I realize the amount of negative things you should hear about me, but nothing happens, because I know that time will respond to all these slanderers and petty,” he said while anticipating that he would be able to recover at home. According to him, Covid-19 was a “small virus” that he could overcome at home.
However, on December 15, he ended up losing his life. The Belgian media assure that Frédéric Sinistra forced his departure from the medical facilities by signing a voluntary discharge. Since then, Sinistra’s wife had only appreciated the messages of support. An attitude that has changed using the same social networks where Sinistra announced his state of health.
“The tabloid press and some of his relatives They are doing their August in social networks since my silence and absence comes because of my pain, not because of fear or lack of answers to all these people who say they have known or had a real relationship with my husband, “she criticized.
“My sailor did not die of Covid,” he wanted to point out, accompanying him with a usual message in the athlete. “He would never have accepted that what happened to him was used to spread fear and claim vaccination“, he stressed in the same message. Sinistra, in just a few weeks since he was admitted, has lost his life leaving a reference path in his country and his discipline.
Athletes Against the Vaccine
The vaccination process against Covid-19 has received the support of a large part of society. However, as among citizens, there has also been a small percentage of athletes who have chosen to avoid the vaccine. From the world of basketball, with NBA stars like Kyrie IrvingEven soccer players like Kimmich, who recently contracted the virus. Fortunately, none of these cases has resulted in the triple kickboxing champion.
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