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Chemnitz (AP) - Former shot put world champion Christina Schwanitz is increasingly losing interest in participating in the 2021 Olympics. “Tokyo no longer plays such a role for me.
This back and forth, this maybe and maybe-also-not is no motivation, ”said the 34-year-old from LV 90 Erzgebirge of the“ Free Press ”in Chemnitz (Saturday).
Just a month ago, the sixth in the Olympics from the Rio de Janeiro Games stated in an interview with the German Press Agency that Tokyo was her big goal.
But the uncertainties due to the coronavirus pandemic have almost destroyed the upcoming Olympic dream.
“Tokyo will definitely take place, but it will be a competition like any other.
That has nothing to do with the Olympic idea, the glamor, the unifying, the extraordinary, ”said the mother of three and a half year old twins, who she has to look after more than usual due to the corona measures.
Schwanitz, who has only been able to resume training in October due to injuries and rehabilitation measures, has not lost the fun of her sport.
“At the moment the ball is practically flying by itself.
That's why the world is all right, ”said Schwanitz, who will initially focus on the European Indoor Championships next March in Torun, Poland.
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Schwanitz portrait on Leichtathletik.de