The Spanish Olympic Committee will honour the sporting career of Rafa Nadal, one of the greatest sportsmen in history. The event will take place on 11 February at 13.00 and will be attended by both Nadal and the president of the COE, Alejandro Blanco. Rafa Nadal decided to call time on his sporting career last November with the Davis Cup Finals 2024.
In doing so, the tennis player brought to an end more than two decades of tennis in which he managed to win 22 Grand Slams, 36 Masters 1000, 23 ATP 500, 10 ATP 250, 5 Davis Cups and two Olympic gold medals — singles in Beijing 2008 and men’s doubles in Rio 2016. The president of the Spanish Olympic Committee, Alejandro Blanco, said that he does not know if Rafa Nadal is “the greatest sportsman in history”, but that he can say that he has been “the most acclaimed” that he has seen in all the places he has been.
In the meantime, Rafa is enjoying a new car. This week, in the vicinity of his Academy, that Rafa took a photo with the Kia he now drives. He posted it on his Instagram account, which has 21.7 million followers. The post couldn’t be more idyllic: Rafa Nadal in shorts and flip-flops, a Kia EV3 GT Line in the beautiful Ivory Silver Matt colour (1,600 euros) and the Mediterranean Sea in the background.
When it comes to headline figures, the newest addition to the class has the beating of every other option. Based on WLTP data, the Kia EV3 can cover up to 375 miles on a charge. And with battery tech becoming ever cheaper, it’s possible to snag a model capable of that figure for a fiver less than 36 grand – only a few thousand pounds more than the top-of-the-range version of Kia’s petrol family hatch, the Ceed, a car which is less roomy, slower and will be more expensive to run.
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