Elite test of sensor failures and their consequences

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Do you know what sensor it had?

EDIT According to ChatGpt he usually uses Medtronic.

He made a beginner's mistake, taking insulin without checking with a capillary, especially knowing that you are going to do a very hard exercise.

I didn't know that Alexander Zverev, world number 3, and winner of Rolland Garros 2026 has had type 1 diabetes since he was 4 years old.

It's really admirable that he can achieve these results, and it shows that it's all in the mind, and what we tell ourselves.Some with type 1 diabetes become victimized and do not dare to go out to dinner, and others are able to win a tournament like Rolland Garros by injecting insulin between each game against a healthy person.

This time the meter has played tricks on him, but I hope he continues winning tournaments and showing us that with type 1 diabetes it is possible.

Go ahead Zverev!!

On TV they broke the news, I don't know which channel, they spent exactly the time it takes to say "Zverev and his problem with diabetes."

Diabetes and everything around it is a collective Blind Spot.

@theOne said:

I didn't know that Alexander Zverev, world number 3, and winner of Rolland Garros 2026 has had type 1 diabetes since he was 4 years old.

It's really admirable that he can achieve these results, and it shows that it's all in the mind, and what we tell ourselves.Some with type 1 diabetes become victimized and do not dare to go out to dinner, and others are able to win a tournament like Rolland Garros by injecting insulin between each game against a healthy person.

This time the meter has played tricks on him, but I hope he continues winning tournaments and showing us that with type 1 diabetes it is possible.

Go ahead Zverev!!

It is good that psychologically and motivationally we see that people or personalities on coated paper and television are also human and suffer from illnesses just like ours, but that's it, recognition yes, but the same as the rest who win a Roland Garros or go to sweep the street.

I saw an article where it said that he had to take 350g of sugar.When he got that downturn.About 3l and a half of Coca-Cola.Of course that is an impressive handicap for an elite athlete.

Hello @LuVi,

I reiterate my admiration because he has it much more difficult than the other players, and on top of that he wins.For me, winning a Rolland Garros with type 1 diabetes is not comparable to the person who injects himself at his job or the person who goes to sweep the street.Obviously I respect all the people who struggle with this disease, but what Zverev does is on another level, since it involves managing glucose in a much more complex environment than conventional people.

When you're in a match you don't just have to worry about the game (like your opponents do), you have to monitor your glucose levels, manage a high carbohydrate intake before and during the match, and calculate how much rapid insulin you need to inject for the next game.Stress also comes into play, the adrenaline that raises glucose levels, meter failures (what was mentioned in the news), and being injected in a stadium full of people who are watching you.

Taking all this into account in each match (even if you have medical help behind it) makes it much more complicated, and a single failure in glucose management can make you lose the match (as mentioned in the news).Therefore, for me it has a lot of merit and on top of that it shows the rest of us with this disease and with more ordinary lives, that it is possible.