"It creates stress and anxiety.
What has been most difficult for me is that I have passed the qualifier and not been heard for it. "
So said Michelle Coleman, 27, in May and directed criticism at SOK.
Shortly after the European Championships in Budapest - during the same month - however, Coleman, who previously had problems with a shoulder injury, was selected for the Olympics.
- We are not at this level as we are today because a bad situation weighs us down.
Rather, we turn it around and try to make something positive out of it, she says during Saturday's press conference and continues:
- It is clear that you can feel that it will not be so good, but then you have to work with it and move on.
You do not bend.
That is not why we are facing a fourth or third Olympics.
You tackle the problems and work to improve them.
"We do not lock ourselves in and get depressed"
Apart from any sporting setbacks, there is also a pandemic the athletes are forced to deal with and relate to.
And earlier on Saturday, the news came that a first person in the Olympic village has been confirmed infected with the coronavirus.
How does it affect you, the risk of becoming infected?
- It is important to be positive, we are happy that we are even here.
A year ago, it felt impossible.
It is important to have the positive mindset.
As with the damage, as with this pandemic.
There is a great atmosphere among all sports and in our room, despite the restrictions.
We do not lock ourselves in and get depressed.
We have fantastic conditions, says Michelle Coleman.
The Olympics begin on July 23.