How do the athletes do it?
Normal people would have long ago frozen their enthusiastic facial features.
You would have lost interest in all the sacrifices and hard work on the way to the Olympic Games last year.
In particular, the athletes who actually wanted to end their careers after Tokyo 2020 and who still hung on for a season after the postponement seem to be driven by an inexhaustible Duracell core.
Especially since many competitions were canceled because of the corona pandemic, where you can refuel with new ambitions in normal times.
The Germany eight, for example, was forced to simulate a competition on the Dortmund-Ems Canal a week ago due to the lack of World Cup races - without competition, just against the clock.
So far, no German athlete has given up on Tokyo, although the athletes and their followers are no longer welcome in Japan for fear of the introduction of the virus.
If the Games were canceled, the sky would fall on most of them.
Only for those who have no heart for athletes, this idea doesn't hurt.