After all the tears she is back in the water, in hers

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In mid-October, Italy's swimming diva Federica Pellegrini fell ill with Covid-19 when she had just resumed training for the Tokyo Olympics, which had been postponed to 2021.

At 32, she wants to go to the games again - it would be her fifth and certainly the most turbulent of her career.

WORLD:

Ms. Pellegrini, how do you yourself experience the current situation in the pandemic?

Pellegrini:

In Italy the general situation is tragic, no matter how hard you try to remain optimistic.

This pandemic will claim many more lives.

We have already seen this drama.

It hurts that we have to go through the same thing now that we did in March.

WORLD:

And in nine months the Olympic Games should take place ...