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the games award for the city of gill wrote a virus of corona virus who called it 19. we agreed to postpone her the are holding the games that tokyo 82022218 water began to feel real when we wanted to come back from the training camp in turkey. we were among the latter to leave the country. the airlines sent us a message at night, telling us there would be no more flights departing from turkey as of 8 am the next day. when it hit me, i went to my training colleague, center message to our what's up group. it hit me hard. that's a really hard pilled follow. all you really do is train for 4 years. it's the highest goal and athlete can reach me. that gets in big whether it was good or bad

to me personally, wouldn't become clear until the qualifications next spring. one thing when change last year on the limbic games, to my highest goal and especially the upcoming time he gave me because i'm with god is good. i didn't think athletes nominations would be nullified. and i was surprised. who's the boss? so i'm also happy because it gives me another shot and improving myself and my living, my dream lives, who's in the moon. so

i'm only because when you become an olympic champion, it takes a while to realize and understand what happens. a lot of that takes place at home and not on site on this is that it really is the main stage for support the support . so this year's decision was pretty huge and carries a lot of consequences from, which is another reason why it's so important that they were postpone and not to cancel border. michelle, because i didn't choose this downtime in his garden. he had been training for the olympic games for several years when the corona virus pandemic hit. the games have been postponed for a full year in spring, 2020. the top level sports world went into lockdown than around a week after we were in a sort of in between our mission to it was located to be on training ground about, let's say it was an welcome to gradually the retreated,

if there were social distancing rules, and we move the training equipment on the hall to our home so that we could stay fit. none of us knew how long this would last time. everyone has had to begin training alone. and competitions have been canceled. discussions about whether or not the olympic games could take place began in march of 2020 and we as a society, don't know what's coming our way with that. we don't know whether the games will take place as a big event, or if it be a dangerous event. infection wise. hood emission, a feeling for why has become a nation wide hobby people are going outside and of course i am. if you can't travel anywhere, you explore what's outside your door to me.

we had to train quite a lot and i just found out the game where it was. if you've trained for nothing because that was your main goal, was really sad, russell that a whole bunch of money loans, young flash is one of germany's top high jumpers. i was before school, but she still wasn't allowed into the training facilities movie up and i'm if i'm involved for me, she started training in the forest because there were problems with the hall and i went with her several times. it was outside which was still allowed one from it's called the thing was the item you thought about in the beginning. we all thought, okay, it would be too crappy weeks of 10 demick. it was then it will get better.

obviously, that's not what happened. it became clear that the corona virus wasn't just passing through. at this point, no one knows how long the pandemic will last. so fast. we have been finding ways to train a home army, 500 conferencing out, right, right leg to the right. a few weeks later, the flashing or coach were allowed back on to the track. the flesh competed in the 2016 olympic. she came in 7th. many would be proud of that result, but not your flesh. and we were both a little disappointed because 2 weeks earlier she jumped 2 meters with 2 meters. she could have one in real who are enough to me. i just wanted to be alone and i was, i was so disappointed. i didn't see tomorrow for anyone really in the tokyo

games are young flashes last chance. she's in her early thirties. but can the games or any competition before tokyo take place? the the uncertainty is really hard to bear. at times. i'm training for competitions, which may or may not take place. i just don't know which is i'm pretty upsetting, which i'm going to think that i believe we can say that the 1st phase of the pandemic is behind us. welcome. last week was restaurants and playgrounds have remained closed. now the capitalists slowly returning to normal to the great relief of the 1st phase of the kobe pandemic is slowly coming to an end. and the likelihood

of the olympic games taking place is gradually increasing. good can be there is no bigger dream for me than i absolutely want to take part in hope. i make it sunday. i got my structure, my whole life. accordingly, my professional career comes 2nd to my athletic career work, and i combine competitive sports with my study. last ah, lena floyd, she had to state her desk much more often than she would like during the corona pandemic. passion is the korean marshall aren't take one to santa versus conventional, but i know that i was very nervous because i can remember how one of my teammates told me to do a loud battle cry intimidate my opponent, which i did trust me. and i can't remember how to win, but i know i kicked my opponent in the head and she got

a nose bleed to mine. and i looked at my mom and asked her what to do when the lady said good. and then i want to go on, it was a nice way to finish my 1st tournament. and the postponement of the game has also had a positive side for like money. she didn't make it past the qualification tournaments . when the games were postpone, those results were nullified. and now flight money is getting a 2nd chance disappear. so i'm very disciplined to make sure i have a good daily routine that my social life isn't too active for too late. and that i take time to recover and rest basically that my life has structure when i need that this is spoke to out of the quality of life. she may be the underdog get the next qualification tournament. but this doesn't worry her. which one do i can say i've always tend to like my way through them. i've always had many competitors and i

just fought my way through the box once i'm there and i'm going to do what i've always done and fight just fight. i felt cause i didn't do that the number of athlete to make it there is so small compared to how many compete in the support on. but i want to be one of the ones who do me ah. 2 alexander and dolo is a german at a sensor for her to there have been some positive signs to corona. ah, yes, i haven't been going to tournaments as much so i've had more time with my family to

me and haven't realized how much i miss them. that's the fashion before i would only see them for easter christmas and making my sisters in between these last months we saw each other alone and nothing great for me. i don't know used to be a pen to a fleet. she only started fencing at age 21, and since then the sport has become an integral part of her life. and some time on some days from when i wake up, when i go to bed, i'm always thinking about fencing, because you can't take anything for granted and must keep developing. you can't rest on your past victory. the the the, the $1.01 bronze at the european championships. but she wants more going to tokyo

to take part in the olympic games. would be a dream come true. going to thin young. i was 10 years old when i 1st saw the games on the park, but the mattress do they just talk to me? and that fascination has never left me since it's a huge voting event with so many disciplines in one place, i'm and help performance is life. it's the biggest event there. it's a most disciplined. that's pretty much what i can give and i want to be part of it on the in addition to her, a limbic dream endorse was focusing on one other project close to her heart. she co founded the kenya fencing federation in her father's homeland vanished. i'm going to start one of the phone. i was in kenya with my family, all met friends that i don't forget you defend what exactly is that with that white outfit? 10 thing wasn't very common and many people didn't even know what it is. and then i

thought it would be a good place to build something get involved and help out with her efforts to bring fencing to life in kenya are starting to bear fruit. ah, the capital now has a successful fencing school. we only need to really tries everything up. i don't know whenever she's able to and she sends money to her team in kenya. somebody's also sent us gear or stuff, we keep it back there. i don't know either. we are very grateful to her for everything. so i'm school isn't sending way, buck bus, who is to do some things. and when i realized when i had a fancy,

if some whole change in the news, that's a that's a weight of stuff that's monday. it's exactly what i was hoping for us to provide kids and teens access the fencing process. it doesn't have to be super professional building, the structure is already great, but and as of last year, we part of the international fencing federation. that was a big that i couldn't be happier. not nice. never before have so many new corona's virus infections been reported to the world health organization within 24 hours. and numbers are also rising quickly in europe, just before summer vacations and travel abroad and south scientists. and now working on more than 150 vaccines, but none it's approved for us to just how close are we getting an effective corona,

virus? news me the the almost we're starting to feel the effects of his pare down training regimen. and the lack of competition, the me come yesterday when i got up i was really doors, which normally wouldn't be great for competitions in summer. but right now it's happening quite often and feels like the beginning of my training in the winter. it's just taking a bit longer than normal and it's.