Rafeal Nadal may miss Olympics due to injury

Rafeal Nadal who is expected to be the Spain's flag holder at the opening ceremony, may missed out the event because he is not yet completely recovered from his injury.

Rafeal 4 years ago won the singles gold title at Beijing outspoken that it is his career worst day for not being participating in the event.He will not travel with the Spanish delegation to the Games.

"I have to think about my colleagues, I can't be selfish and I have to think of what's best for Spanish sport, especially tennis and Spanish players, and give fellow sportsmen with better preparation the chance to compete," said the 26-year-old, who won a record seventh French Open title in June.

"I tried to hurry my preparations and training up to the very last minute, but it was not to be."
He saidthe decision "is one of the saddest days of my career as one of my biggest ambitions, that of being Spain's flag-bearer in the opening ceremony of the Games in London, cannot be. You can imagine how difficult it was to take this decision.

"I am not able to compete at the Olympics in London and therefore will not be travelling as planned with the Spanish delegation," he said. Earlier this month Nadal pulled out of a charity match against Novak Djokovic in Madrid because he was suffering from tendonitis.