On Monday, the message came that the Athletics World Championships will be moved from 2021 to 2022 and since then it is clear that this summer's Olympics is postponed for a year. For many athletes, this means a big change in the schedule.
- Absolutely it is staggering that you have focused, for the past four years, on the Olympics and a specific date, then it will be another date. But it is quite liberating because then it is just to train a lot without having to think so much. It can be pretty nice to not have to think for a while, says Angelica Bengtsson to SVT Sport.
"Is their greatest danger"Although she is calm about the consequences the corona virus has caused on her everyday life as an athlete, the anxiety is even greater to infect others.
- I am most worried that I would wear it and infect the whole of Växjö or infect my parents, she says.
Her father has underlying illnesses that make him at risk. To minimize the risk of becoming ill, she does not visit her parents at the moment.
- It's sad to be their biggest danger right now, so it's sad not to be able to meet them.